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Declaring a new hire

The rule of order in article L1221-10 and the eight-day window, the five particulars and six formalities the declaration discharges, then what its absence costs depending on whether the omission was inadvertent or intentional. Three modules on a bakery hiring its first employee. All the prose is free to read; the case study and quizzes are sold.

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By the end of this course, you can…

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  • State the rule of order that article L1221-10 lays down.
  • Retain the earliest bound of the declaration window.
  • Identify the recipients of the declaration under the text.
  • Understand why the deadline appears in no figure at all.
  • Place the scope of the duty where a business has several workplaces.
  • List the particulars the declaration must contain.
  • Separate the particulars about the employer from those about the employee.
  • Retain the six declarations and requests the declaration discharges.
  • Place the request for an information and prevention visit within that set.
  • Retain the period within which that visit takes place.
  • Retain how the penalty attached to a missing declaration is computed.
  • Identify the criterion that tips the omission into concealed work.
  • Follow the chain of three articles leading to the criminal penalty.
  • Retain the duty to keep a single staff register.
  • Separate what the declaration covers from what it does not.

The programme, module by module

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  1. Module 18 minFree — no accountBefore, never afterWhat you will be able to do
    • State the rule of order that article L1221-10 lays down.
    • Retain the earliest bound of the declaration window.
    • Identify the recipients of the declaration under the text.
    • Understand why the deadline appears in no figure at all.
    • Place the scope of the duty where a business has several workplaces.
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  2. Module 29 minIncluded in the full courseFive particulars, six formalitiesWhat you will be able to do
    • List the particulars the declaration must contain.
    • Separate the particulars about the employer from those about the employee.
    • Retain the six declarations and requests the declaration discharges.
    • Place the request for an information and prevention visit within that set.
    • Retain the period within which that visit takes place.
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  3. Module 39 minIncluded in the full courseThe price of forgetting, and the duty alongsideWhat you will be able to do
    • Retain how the penalty attached to a missing declaration is computed.
    • Identify the criterion that tips the omission into concealed work.
    • Follow the chain of three articles leading to the criminal penalty.
    • Retain the duty to keep a single staff register.
    • Separate what the declaration covers from what it does not.
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What you take away

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  • Participant handout (PDF)

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    • Learning objectives (3)
    • Key figures (3)
    • Mistakes to avoid (3)
    • Official sources (3)

  • Exercise workbook (Word)

    Word

    • Learning objectives (3)
    • Key figures (3)
    • Mistakes to avoid (3)
    • Official sources (3)

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