Home » HR practices » Professional development » Legal developments » National legislation » France: adoption of three ordinances modifying the Labor Code to cope with the consequences of Covid-19 France: adoption of three ordinances modifying the Labor Code to cope with the consequences of Covid-19 On 25 March 2020, France’s Council of Ministers adopted three ordinances under the Emergency Bill of 23 March 2020 to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic (c.f. article No. 11749). One of the three gives employers greater means both to impose or modify leave-taking and the taking of rest-days, as well as to derogate from the Labor Code and collective conventions as regards the right to rest periods, all of which is a bid to cope with the uncertainties surrounding activity due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Through . Published on 25 March 2020 à 16h47 - Update on 25 March 2020 à 19h13 Resources As intended by the enabling law, these three ordinances address daily allowances (an extension of the additional allowance benefit paid by employers), incentive bonuses and profit sharing (deferral of payment dates), unemployment insurance (extended rights), and also leave periods and working time duration. As regards the length of working time, the ordinance ‘that addresses emergency measures over paid leave,… Managing the fallout of Covid-19 Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messagePhoneThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels