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A conventional termination agreement is one of the best ways to “fire” an employee in France. Indeed, if this procedure is accepted, then you can have the employee leave the company with little to no conflict.
The employment contract is the document that defines the relationship between employer and employee. As such, there are a couple of things you should know when writing such a contract to make sure that it complies with legal obligations.
If you’ve tried to fire someone in France before, you might know about the individual conventional termination. Recently though, a new procedure has appeared: the collective conventional termination (“rupture conventionnelle collective”).
If you’re an entrepreneur, there’s always a risk that you’ll be faced with a debtor that doesn’t pay you. It can definitely be a tricky situation for a creditor to deal with, so it’s important to know what to do in these situations.
When creating a company, protecting it against unfair competition and counterfeit should be one of your top priorities. What are the ways to do that in France?
General Terms and Conditions refer to a document that gives general information about your product to clients and partners. It’s mandatory for any commercial website to mention them.
When writing them, you have to be careful, though: they can’t include “unfair terms”.
At this point, it’s no secret that basically every company in France needs the assistance of a chartered accountant. But dealing with legal issues isn’t necessarily their specialty: lawyers are the ones who are trained for that.
Legal notices refer to the pieces of information that must be present on a communication platform, such as websites. The bottom line is: if you’ve got a company in France, it is mandatory for you to include Legal notices on its website.
If you’ve got a commercial website in France, then you are forced to include a section about General Terms and Conditions. However, when writing them, you have to be careful: if your business is B2B (Business to business), the rules are slightly different than if it was B2C (Business to consumer).
If you’re a foreigner creating a company in France, it’s likely that you don’t have a perfect grasp of French law. As such, the task of writing the General Terms and Conditions in France might be a bit daunting. Then, is it necessary to write them in French?
