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Coefficient, grade, point value: how to read a collective agreement salary scale, check every employee is above the contractual minimum and arbitrate between the branch minimum and the SMIC, without back-pay exposure.
Before hiring your first employee in France in 2026: the real budget, available aids, the decision path and the steps, by a chartered accountant. All trades.
Set up the Lucca modules (leave, absences, expense claims), define the approval workflows and connect them to payroll to keep variables and the social declaration reliable.
Configure a PayFit file (company, collective agreement, employees, variables), produce a reliable first payslip and file the social declaration, while staying in control of your payroll.
A strike suspends the contract without terminating it: strictly proportional wage deduction, no replacement of the striker, no mention on the payslip. Managing payroll during a labour dispute.
Formal workforce-planning negotiation is only mandatory from 300 employees. In an SME, a light approach is enough to map skills, anticipate departures and build a development plan.
Bring in a freelancer or hire on a permanent contract? Compare cost, flexibility and reclassification risk, and secure the relationship with a contractor in 2026.
Bring in a wage-portage (umbrella) consultant or hire a permanent employee? Compare real cost, flexibility, legal risk and management involvement for each option in 2026.
The full payroll process for collective health cover: enrolment at hiring, waivers to document, and deregistration and portability when an employee leaves.
Conditions of a long-distance assignment, exemption of meal and lodging allowances within the URSSAF rates, tapering after 3 months and payroll treatment.
A business with several activities or establishments may fall under several collective agreements. A method to determine the applicable IDCC and secure payroll and the DSN per establishment.
Internal regulations in France are mandatory from 50 employees (12-month grace period under the PACTE law). Required content under article L1321-1, prohibited clauses, CSE consultation, filing procedure and key employer risks explained for 2026.
Since 2017 French employers may issue payslips electronically without prior consent. The law requires 50-year accessibility and strict GDPR compliance; an NF Z42-020-certified safe is recommended.
The DUERP in 2026: mandatory from the first employee, annual update (11+ staff), 40-year retention, PAPRIPACT and the still-postponed digital filing. The employer guide.
How to calculate French statutory severance pay in 2026: the legal formula (1/4 and 1/3 of a month), reference salary, collective minimums and the tax and social regime.
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