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LABOR REGULATIONS

Applicable provisions

When a company which is not based in France presents a performance on French territory, the employees which the company sends to work temporarily for this performance must benefit from certain basic labor regulation provisions.

Therefore, the foreign entertainment producer must, for the duration of the services performed in France, apply to its visiting employees the principal regulations of French law pertaining to :
> compensation ;
> work hours ;
> work conditions.

In these sectors, the visiting workers must also benefit from the provisions of relevant conventions and collective agreements applicable to workers employed by companies based in France which exercise professions identical to the services being performed.

Nb > Applicable provisions pertain to :
> compensation (in particular legal provisions pertaining to minimum wage and the payment of overtime) ;
> reimbursement of expenses of all types ;
> hygiene and work safety ;
> work hours ;
> work on Sundays ;
> work by women and by minors under the age of 18 (in particular children under the age of 16) ;
> working at night ;
> paid vacations ;
> leave for family reasons ;
> holidays ;
> job classifications ;
> indemnity for absences due to illness or accidents.

Declarations to work inspectors

Employers based in foreign countries who send employees to work in France must also provide work inspectors with the following declarations :

> before the start of the first performance, a declaration stating :

• the name or business name of the company, the address of the company which habitually employs the employee or employees, the legal status of the company, references to the company’s registration with a professional registry, the identity of the legal representative of the company and the identity and address of the representative of the company in France for the duration of performances ;

• the addresses and sites where performances will be held, the date of the start of performances and their planned duration, the type of activity, the use of dangerous materials or processes ;

• name, first name, birth date, gender and nationality of the visiting employees, as well as the ending dates for the employees’ work contracts.

Nb > This declaration is made by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt or by fax sent to :
> the work inspector for the locality where the performance will be held ;
> or, where the first performance will be held in the case of a series of performances.

> followed by a document detailing work hours as well as the times and durations of rest periods.

Nb > In addition, when a visiting worker is the victim of a work accident, the employer must declare the accident to the work inspector at the place where the accident occurred within 48 hours, by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt.

Work permits

Work permits must also be requested for employees visiting France (see Foreign artists – Residence and work permits ).

 

Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 June 2009 )