Presumption of professional nature of correspondence received in the workplace

Labour law

Estimated reading time (in minutes) If an employee can receive mail at their workplace , this mail is presumed to be of a professional nature, so that the employer is entitled to open them without the presence of the person concerned. But, as with the opening of...

Simplified Successions

Civil law

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Simplified Successions This regulation makes it possible to clarify the procedures during the liquidation of an international succession. From now on, the place of habitual residence of the deceased will be the sole criterion taken...

Limits of the replacement fixed-term contract

Labour law

Estimated reading time (in minutes) A fixed-term contract cannot be concluded for the replacement of several employees. An employee hired on a fixed-term contract to replace an absent employee requested the reclassification of her contract as a permanent contract....

Legal Recidivism and Sentencing: Reasoning Requirements

Criminal law, Non classifié(e)

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Motivation of the decision The stakes of the motivation of a decision are crucial. Morally motivation is supposed to guarantee arbitrariness, but its virtues are also rational, intellectual, because motivating one’s decision...

Amendments to the law on harassment The law of 6 August 2012 on sexual harassment

Criminal law, Non classifié(e)

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Changes to the law on harassment The law of 6 August 2012 on sexual harassment brought two important changes in terms of criminal procedure. These modifications relate to the actions in progress and the civil action of...