Wellbeing

Conventions de Forfait: Fixed Working Time Agreements in France

August 4, 2025August 4, 2025 Employee Relations, France, International, Policies, Wellbeing

The French Labour Code provides for two specific types of fixed working time agreement, or conventions de forfait. These are: A company agreement or provisions in the convention collective must ... Read more

A Summary of Leave Benefits in France

July 21, 2025July 21, 2025 Employee Relations, France, International, Occupational Health, Policies, Wellbeing

Employment in France involves a framework of mandatory leave benefits provided for by the French Labour Code, and in many cases supplemented by collective agreements. Leave benefits are designed to ... Read more

Managing Employee Redundancies in France

July 14, 2025July 14, 2025 Employee Relations, France, International, Occupational Health, Policies, Wellbeing

We have written previously on the subject of legal grounds for redundancy in French companies (link to article: https://new.viridianhr.co.uk/blog/what-are-the-legal-grounds-for-redundancy-in-france/). To summarise, redundancies are less common in France than the UK ... Read more

Conseil de Prud’hommes: A Summary of the French Employment Courts

June 9, 2025June 10, 2025 Employee Relations, France, International, Occupational Health, Policies, Wellbeing

The Conseil de Prud’hommes (CPH) is the French equivalent of employment tribunals in the UK, although there are procedural differences between them. The purpose of the CPH is to preside ... Read more

Managing Employee Career Development in France

June 2, 2025June 10, 2025 Employee Relations, France, International, Occupational Health, Policies, Wellbeing

Regardless of their contract type and working hours, all French employees are entitled to both a mandatory professional interview every two years, and a summary review of their career path ... Read more