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💸 Key facts on fraud involving replacement income: Illegal work includes 6 offenses under labor law—concealed work, employment of foreign workers without work permits, trafficking, illicit labor lending, irregular multiple jobs, and replacement income fraud. The latter, a felony, involves knowingly receiving or attempting to receive undue replacement income via illegal means. Sanctions include criminal and administrative penalties, repayment of misappropriated funds, and potentially, for scamming a public entity, up to 7 years' imprisonment and a €750,000 fine.

🛡 The article discusses illegal employment practices, focusing on irregular accumulation of jobs in France, which violates maximum working hours as per the Labor Code (article L8261-1). The legal maximum is 10 hours per day and 48 hours per week, or 44 hours averaged over 12 weeks. Employers must ensure employees do not exceed this, even with multiple contracts. Exceptions include scientific, literary, artistic work, voluntary aid, household tasks, or emergency work. Employers can include exclusivity clauses in contracts under certain conditions but not for part-time contracts. Violations can result in fines of €1,500, doubling to €3,000 for repeat offenses (articles R8262-1 and R8262-2).

🧬 "The official version of the 'Guide de bonnes pratiques d’hygiène restaurateur' was published in November 2015, available on the French Ministry of Agriculture's website. A printed version sold on Amazon is outdated and should not be used. For guidance and adherence to hygiene rules, refer only to the November 2015 edition. Contact GHR's legal service in case of doubts.

💻 Amélie Logre joined the Legal Department of GHR on May 13, specializing in IT law, after earning a Master in intellectual property law from Nantes Université and working for La Poste in Paris. The GHR addresses digital transformation challenges in the HCR sector, often constrained by financial and human resources. The GHR, a member of HOTREC and a founding member of Reform BnB, has been influential in European regulation, securing a condemnation of Booking.com and Expedia for over €400,000 and contributing to the Macron Law. The GHR also achieved the elimination of a tax advantage for furnished tourist accommodations before the Conseil d'État in 2024.

🚨 New French decree 2024-814, issued on July 9, 2024, and published on July 16, 2024, sets fines for employers hiring foreigners without proper work permits. Maximum penalty is 5,000 times the hourly minimum guaranteed rate, up to €20,750 as of July 1, 2024, per worker; repeat offenses may incur up to €62,250. If employers pay owed wages within 30 days, fines reduce to 2,000 times the rate, capped at €8,300. Factors such as financial capacity, intent, negligence, and repatriation costs influence fine amounts. New rules apply retroactively to offenses committed before July 17, 2024.