Decree of 26-12-2022: benefit in kind for the vehicle: in 2023 and 2024, electricity
costs incurred for recharging are not taken into account.

In 2023 and 2024, if the employer provides the employee with an electric vehicle for private travel, the electricity costs incurred for recharging the vehicle are not taken into account for the evaluation
of the benefit in kind vehicle. This benefit in kind is also assessed after application of a 50% deduction, the amount of which is capped at €1,800 per year.

Order of September 7, 2022, published on January 22, 2023: the obligation to make employees aware of first aid techniques before they retire is effective.

This obligation was introduced in the French Labor Code by a law dated July 3, 2020. It is now effective since the publication of the order that determines the organizations and professionals authorized to provide these first aid actions against cardiac arrest and first aid.

Case law news: reimbursement of unemployment benefits in the case of a null dismissal
Cass. soc. 18-01-2023 n° 21-20.311, Published case.

In accordance with the legal provisions, the judge can order the reimbursement by the offending employer to the interested organizations of all or part of the unemployment benefits it has paid to the dismissed employee, from the day of his dismissal to the day of the judgment, within the limit of six months of unemployment benefits per employee concerned. In accordance with the present case law, this applied in the context of a dismissal declared null and void due to the normal exercise of the right to strike.

Case law news: the exercise by an employee of a sport in competition activity during his sick leave, without aggravation of his health condition, does not constitute a breach of the obligation of loyalty, even in case of full payment of the salary by the employer.
Cass. Soc., 01-02-23, n° 21-20.526

In this matter, the employee had participated in sports competitions (14) during his sick leave. In its decision, the Supreme Court first recalled that the exercise of an activity during a sick leave does not constitute a breach of the obligation of loyalty if the activity does not cause any prejudice to the employer. In this case, the Court also considered that the full payment of the employee’s salary by the employer during the sick leave was not sufficient to justify the
prejudice since it was not demonstrated that the employee’s state of health had worsened or that the employee had been absent from work for a longer period due to his participation in sports competitions. The dismissal was therefore unjustified.

News and events in France: the first reading of the pension reform in France is still being debated in the Parliament and seriously impacts the social climate.
We will keep you informed.