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When faced with the situation of employees who are absent due to sickness, French employers are required to distinguish between application of social security regulations and labour law rules.
Under social security regulations, an employee can have his daily allowance suspended if it can be shown that he engaged in an unauthorized activity during his…
Work-related stress and significant workloads are quite common in the professional environment. But how should an employer deal with the repeated sickness leaves of an employee due to overwork? It could be tempting to take the easy way out and dismiss the employee.
As a general principle, French employment law prohibits dismissals based on an…
