Employment in France

This guide outlines the employment issues that caused major fractures in French society in 2006. Political capital depleted, the government has cautiously continued its move away from traditional employment protection methods to those intended to stimulate job growth. This guide covers the main aspects of Employment in France. There are also other "IDS International Employment Guides". IDS also produces reference Guides on: Belgium, Germany, India, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, and United States. "IDS International Employment Guides" are intended to help personnel practitioners, and international employment specialists in trade unions, research organisations and public bodies understand both the broad sweep and detail of employment regulation in a range of important economies. In particular, they set out to provide an easy-to-understand and up-to-date guide to the essentials of employment law on: hiring, contracts of employment, termination of employment, and regulation of industrial relations and collective bargaining. In addition to this, they draw together a wealth of material on: pay developments, working time and time-off, pensions and social security, and HR practice and policy on a range of central issues.