The French Supreme Court (“Cour de cassation”) has just ruled on an important matter concerning statutory profit-sharing in a way which hampers attempts by staff representative bodies to challenge employers’
FOCUS ON the French labor law reform: the new outlines of the text definitively adopted
With the executive order of December 20, 2017, the purpose of which was primarily to correct certain errors and inconsistencies, as well as the latest implementing decrees published at the
Social contributions and penalties: changes introduced by the Social Security Financing Law for 2018
The Social Security Financing Law (“Loi de financement de la sécurité sociale” or LFSS) for 2018 was published in the Official Journal on December 31, 2017. The strategy pursued is
Non-performing loans: in order to increase the effectiveness of bank securities in the event of outstanding debts
The European Commission is considering creating a new tool, the “Accelerated Loan Security” The European Central Bank defines non-performing loans (NPLs) as loans with more than 90 days’ arrears or
Focus of the labor law executive orders : the consecration of the company wide agreement (“accord d’entreprise)
The five executive orders issued to “strengthen the social dialogue” adopted on September 22, 2017, are currently in the process ratification by parliament. Among these, and spearheading the entire project
The national data protection authority (CNIL) has published its opinion on the draft bill amending the French data protection act for the implementation of the GDPR
On December 13, 2017, the French Minister of Justice presented to the Council of Ministers, the draft bill amending the French Data Protection Act. The French Government plans to publish
Declaration of Beneficial Ownership: Don’t miss the April 1st, 2018 deadline
In the context of the implementation of the European Directive 2015/849 of 20 May 2015 on money laundering, the Executive Order 2016-1635 of 1 December 2016 reinforcing the fight against
Zoom on Labor Law Reform: Stabilization, Simplification and Flexibility
The French executive, with authorization from the legislature, has just implemented a broad-ranging set of labor-law reforms by executive order. Five orders were published in the Official Journal on September
The “Sapin II” law brings important modifications in commercial law
The “Sapin II” law, dated December 9, 2016, modified two important provisions of the French Commercial Code relating to commercial relationships. Prior to the implementation of the “Sapin II” law,
Extension and diversification of the scope of activities of crowdfunding platforms
The second reform of crowdfunding was enacted by the decree of October 28, 2016, implementing new measures to foster the development of securities and loans proposed by crowdfunding platforms. Since