France has implemented provisions of the EU Directives on transparent and predictable working conditions (2019/1152) and work-life balance for parents and caregivers (2019/1158) through Law n2023-171. This article provides what employers need to know about the changes incorporated into the French Legal framework.

On March 9, 2023, France adopted a much-anticipated statute transposing into French law the EU Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions (2019/1152) (I.), and the EU Directive on Work-life Balance for Parents and Carers (2019/1158) (II.).

EU Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions (2019/1152)

The main changes introduced by the statute transposing the EU Directive are as follows:

• A list of information to be provided to new hires.
• After six months of an employee’s employment under a fixed-term or temporary contract, the employee can request the company inform them about open-end positions to be filled.
• The duration of the probationary period will be the one set in the Labor Code.

Employee information

Upon hiring, all employees must be provided with a document containing information on the essential elements of their employment relationship.

The European Directive reduces the maximum period within which the employer must issue this information.

With the transposition of the EU Directive, a new article is created in the French Labor Code and provides that the employer must provide the employee with one or more written...

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