[Covid-19]: Employee safety: the employer’s responsibility, Quote from Eva Kopelman – Actuel CSE – 12 May 2020

While some companies are reopening their premises, employers are worried. Will the measures planned to limit the risks of contamination be sufficient? And will they enable them to protect themselves from litigation in the event of contamination of an employee? The legal risks are real, even if they remain difficult to identify today.

Paris | EMPLOYMENT | COLLECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS | SOCIAL MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING | SOCIAL LITIGATION | MANAGEMENT

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[Covid-19] Can the employer be held criminally responsible?

The law extending the state of public health emergency of 11 May introduced a new article in the public health code requiring the judge to assess possible criminal liability in concreto in the event of Covid-19 contamination. What are the consequences?

Paris | EMPLOYMENT | COLLECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS | SOCIAL MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING | SOCIAL LITIGATION | MANAGEMENT

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Coronavirus: launch of an arbitration solution for rental disputes – Décideurs, 15 May 2020

In collaboration with the Centre for Mediation and Arbitration (CMAP), the law firms Jeantet and 1804 are launching an arbitration offer designed to resolve rental disputes between lessors and lessees of commercial leases. A rapid solution for these disputes, which are flourishing as the health crisis continues.

Paris | COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT ARBITRATION | MEDIATION | REAL ESTATE

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Security obligation: with covid-19, are employers right to worry about their liability to judges? – Éditions Législatives, 12 mai 2020

Employers are concerned that they may be liable for contamination in the workplace. Will compliance with the ministry’s fact sheets be sufficient to prove that they have taken all necessary steps to avoid the risk, as required by their safety obligation? Both employers’ lawyers and trade unionists advise that all measures taken should be documented […]

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Confined lawyer’s confessions – Décideurs Magazine, 04/23/2020

Among the lawyers who responded to our exclusive survey “Law firms facing the crisis”, some agreed to tell us about their confined daily lives, at home or in the office. They also tell us about the impact of the crisis on their business and its financial consequences.

Paris

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Covid-19 : Retailers ask for the cancellation of rents – CosmétiqueMag, 04/17/2020

A group of retailers including the groups Rocher, Provalliance, Nocibé perfumeries (Douglas group), Beauty Success and Passion Beauté signed a tribune against a large majority of lessors’ representatives, first and foremost the National Council of Shopping Centers, which is asking retailers to pay their rents, “even though our stores are forced to remain closed. This […]

Paris | REAL ESTATE

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