Home » HR practices » Professional development » Legal developments » National legislation » France: another series of Labor Code emergency related ordinances to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic France: another series of Labor Code emergency related ordinances to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic On 01 April France’s Council of Ministers adopted a further five ordinances as applied by the Emergency Law (c.f. article No. 11749), which was enacted to empower the government to modify certain aspects of the Labor Code in order to mitigate the economic and employment impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the five facilitates the recourse to video-conferencing for holding WC meetings and relaxes the opinions procedure for certain issues. Another of the five addresses the purchasing power bonus that employers may decide to provide. Through . Published on 01 April 2020 à 16h19 - Update on 01 April 2020 à 16h20 Resources The ‘emergency measures ordinance for staff representatives’ provides for the suspension of current electoral processes, the postponement of those to be held in the future, including how to manage the consequences. It also allows, ‘by way of a temporary derogation’, works council meetings to be organized by conference call and instant messaging so as to ensure these bodies can continue to operate.… 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 messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.PhoneThis 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
