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Firm updates, French employment law news, reforms, case law, analyses

Firm updates, French employment law news, reforms, case law, analyses

Cass. soc., 3 June 2026, n° 25-11.673

Jun 17, 2026

Forfait-jours: without genuine autonomy, the agreement is unenforceable

Cass. soc., 13 May 2026, n° 24-10.079

Jun 11, 2026

Intra-group transfers: the formalism of the tripartite agreement remains necessary

Cass. soc., 12 May 2026, n° 24-22.174 & 24-19.771

Jun 1, 2026

Co-employment and belonging to a group: an autonomous logic (two rulings)

Cass. soc., 15 April 2026, n° 24-21.280

May 20, 2026

Take care when drafting the economic ground in the dismissal letter

Cass. soc., 15 April 2026, n° 24-21.678

May 15, 2026

'Outsourcing' a PSE may amount to fraud

Cass. soc., 11 March 2026, n° 24-18.287

May 11, 2026

Stock options: which limitation period for the loss-of-chance (perte de chance) claim?

Conseil d'État, 11 February 2026, n° 497016

May 6, 2026

Economic dismissals: how to establish a threat to the company's competitiveness?

Cass. soc., 9 April 2026, n° 25-12.011

May 2, 2026

Forfait-jours: the necessary individualization of the individual agreement

Cass. soc., 9 April 2026, n° 24-22.122

Apr 25, 2026

The employer is not required to fund the employee's access to a new occupation

Cass. soc., 1 April 2026, n° 24-21.452 & 24-19.193

Apr 24, 2026

Unlawful or unfair evidence: two illustrations of the conditions for admissibility

Cass. soc., 25 March 2026, n° 24-17.236

Apr 20, 2026

Equal treatment: an identical situation is still required (successive death/disability benefit schemes)

Cass. soc., 11 March 2026, n° 24-19.136

Apr 10, 2026

Settlement agreement: the importance of drafting the waiver clause

Cass. soc., 18 March 2026, n° 24-21.727 (& 22-12.201)

Apr 4, 2026

Economic dismissal: the limits of the redeployment group

Cass. soc., 11 March 2026, n° 24-22.163

Mar 30, 2026

Forfait-jours: between a formal framework and effective monitoring, the bar remains high for employers

Cass. soc., 18 March 2026, n° 24-18.976

Mar 20, 2026

Monitoring working time through geolocation: what proportionality requirements?

Cass. soc., 4 March 2026, n° 24-20.428

Mar 6, 2026

The right to evidence of discrimination and protection of the comparator employees' personal data

Cass. soc., 9 October 2024, n° 23-10.488

Oct 9, 2024

Co-employment disputes in France: economic dominance over a distributor is not co-employment

Cass. soc., 11 September 2024, n° 22-19.370 & 22-23.882

Sep 15, 2024

TUPE transfers in France: key reminders from recent French Supreme Court rulings

Cass. soc., 28 June 2023, n° 22-10.293 & 10 July 2024, n° 22-21.082

Jul 10, 2024

Can a French works council-appointed expert interview employees without the employer's consent?

Cass. soc., 10 July 2024, n° 22-24.499

Jul 10, 2024

Right to strike: how far can you go?

Cass. soc., 19 June 2024, n° 23-10.817

Jun 25, 2024

Rupture conventionnelle: the employee's fraud (dol) triggers nullity

Cass. soc., 12 June 2024, n° 23-13.975

Jun 12, 2024

Are French employers obligated to initiate internal investigations upon receiving harassment complaints?

Cass. soc., 22 May 2024, n° 23-10.214

May 28, 2024

What happens to unilateral undertakings in case of merger?

Cass. soc., 20 March 2024, n° 23-18.331

Mar 20, 2024

Union reps - when can they be appointed in French companies?

Cass. soc., 28 February 2024, n° 22-18.369

Mar 5, 2024

Asset deals and collective bargaining – how does it work in France?

Cass. soc., 14 February 2024, n° 22-14.385 & n° 22-23.620

Feb 23, 2024

Firing toxic employees – how complicated is it in France?

Employment litigation

Feb 15, 2024

Smile, you are being videotaped (and fired)!

Cass. soc., 7 February 2024, n° 22-16.323 & n° 22-15.842

Feb 13, 2024

Employers failing to monitor working hours may still submit any evidence to defend against overtime claims.

Cass. soc., 24 January 2024, n° 22-19.890

Feb 6, 2024

Death, taxes…and French working time disputes!

Cass. soc., 31 January 2024, n° 21-25.273

Feb 1, 2024

TUPE, or not TUPE, that is the question

Cass. soc., 12 June 2024, n° 23-14.678

Jan 1, 2024

Can French employers challenge the works council's decision to appoint an expert?