What basic elements are defined in the contract?

• The partiers
• Tha place of work
• Job title
• Name and number of the collective bargaining agreement
• Coefficient
• Remuneration
• Star date
• Paid hollidays
• Trial period

Redundancy for economic reasons

French law cities 3 scenarios for economic layoffs:

• Individual layoffs
• Group layoffs in companies with less than 50 employees

Company must consult the staff committe.
French law stipulates a specific order for group layoffs:
Single parents, seniority, age, handicap, professional qualities.

Legal constraints to job interviews

• No persone may be excluded based on ethnic origins, gender, sexual orientan, age, marital status, family situation, physical appearance, political views, religious affiliation, head or handicaps, or lifestyle.
• Questions related to these during at interview are implicitly illegal.
• Job postings must not be gender specific however the code makes exceptions for certain employment conditions.
• Test results must remain confidential.
• The candidate must be informed of the process.

Anonymous cv´s are obligatory for companies over 50 people. However it is not required to report.

Results of recruitment case study with an anonymous CV

•  Less likely to recrute candidates similar to the recruiter.
• Females  gained advantaged with male recruiters.
• Seniors gained advantaged with young recruiters.
• If the recruiter is a man  and the cv is anonymous.

Women  have  1 chance out of  6 to have an interview.
Men have 1 chance out of 13 to have an interview.

• If the recruiter is a man and the cv is nominated:

Women have 1 chance out of 27 to have an interview.
Men have 1 chance out of  5 to have an interview. 

•  More or less the same gaps when the recruiter is a woman.

Results of a case  study continued

Chances of getting job with a nominative cv and the recruiter is a man.

• Women have 1 chance out of 167.
• Men have 1 chance out of 34. 

 Chances of getting a job eith an anonymous cv and the recruiter is a man.

• Womwn have 1 chance out of 17.
• Men have 1 chance out of 59.  

Summary: Still difficult to generalize but recruiters are more sensitive to being more objective in selecting CVs.



Thanks Steve teacher, his teachings were very useful. The labor law in France actually protects the worker, so hopefully the law will apply in Mexico!