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📄 Sophie Primas, spokesperson for the French Government, announced on TF1 on April 23, 2025, that employers hiring apprentices preparing for a diploma level of bac +3 or higher will now have a remaining charge of €750. This measure, resulting from negotiations with social partners and aiming to save between €93 and €140 million annually, is part of the 2025 Finance Law. The application decree is pending, following discussions to reform the "inflationary" apprenticeship training financing as per a November 2024 Igas report.

📝 In a ruling dated March 6, 2025, the Paris Court of Appeal (CA Paris, Pôle 6 – Chambre 2, RG n° 24/02319) declared the dismissal of a protected employee invalid due to the employer's failure to consult with the labor inspectorate prior to considering the employee's voluntary job abandonment as resignation. This case followed the law (n° 2022-1598) of December 21, 2022, and the decree (n° 2023-275) of April 17, 2023, establishing a "presumption of resignation" process, which requires employer intervention and a 15-day justification period after a formal notice. The court ordered the employee's reinstatement, setting a cautious precedent for handling protected employees' departures despite the absence of a definitive ruling from the Court of Cassation.

📅 Employers must inform employees of the paid leave period 2 months before it starts and announce the leave order 1 month prior to departure. A recent ruling by the Cour de Cassation on April 9, 2025, case number 23-17.723, asserts that if an employee claims unpaid leave, the employer must prove they facilitated the leave-taking. Employers failing to ensure leave can be taken may face payment for untaken leave and additional damages. GHR Social Department advises employers to notify staff of remaining leave before May's end and encourage them to use it, especially without company carry-over practices.

🛑 If you receive an email in English from Booking indicating a problem during a client's stay, do not click any links and verify the sender's email address must be from an official Booking domain. Compare the reservation name and number with your Property Management System (PMS) information. Due to increasingly sophisticated attacks, human vigilance is the best defense. GHR members should contact for support. For more information, consult the security alert on phishing attempts on Booking.com.

💰 The French Social Security Financing Law for 2025 modifies employer contribution relief with reforms in two stages. The decree from April 4, 2025, outlines reduced rates for health and family allowance contributions and parameters for general employer reductions starting May 1, 2025. The SMIC as of January 1, 2025, is €11.88 per hour or €1801.84 monthly for 151.67 work hours, with monthly thresholds of €4054.14 for health contributions and €5946.07 for family contributions. In 2024, the reduction on health contribution was at 2.5 SMIC (€52,416 annually), but in 2025, it's at 2.25 SMIC (€48,648.60 annually). Family contribution reduction went from 3.5 SMIC (€73,382.40 annually) to 3.3 SMIC (€71,351.28 annually) in 2025. The ceiling for the general reduction of employer contributions is now set at 1.6 SMIC (€34,595.28 annually), and the calculation for reduction Fillon changes on May 1, 2025, with the AT/MP contribution rate increasing from 0.46% to 0.50% and unemployment contributions decreasing from 4.05% to 4%. The value T for companies with fewer than 50 employees