Breach of the employment contract

Table of contents :
Breach of the employment contract
1. Various types of breach of contract
1.1. Resignation
1.2. Volontary retirement (“depart à la retraite”)
1.3. Compulsory retirement (“mise à la retraite”)
1.4. Constructive dismissal (“prise d’acte de la rupture”)
1.5. Termination by the Court (“résiliation judiciaire”)
2. Termination by mutual agreement
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Negociated departure (“rupture conventionnelle”)
3. Dismissals and redundancies
3.1. Grounds for dismissal
3.2. Validity of grounds for dismissals
3.3. Economic grounds (“licenciement pour motif économique”)
3.4. Procedure for economic redundancy
3.5. Personal grounds (“licenciement pour motif personnel”)
3.6. Procedure for dismissal for personal grounds
4. Non-competition clauses
4.1. Conditions of validity
4.2. Effect
4.3. Social and tax consequences
5. Settlement and compromise agreements
5.1. Essential conditions of validity
5.2. Settlement payment
5.3. Social contributions
6. Litigation before the labour courts
6.1. Labour Courts
6.2. Procedure before the Employment Tribunal
6.3. Sanctions
6.3.1.
Unfair dismissal
6.3.2.
Irregular dismissal
6.3.3.
Nullity of the dismissal