{"id":2686,"date":"2022-12-19T10:45:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T09:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/payroll.freelance.com\/?page_id=2686"},"modified":"2022-12-19T11:20:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T10:20:33","slug":"employees-legal-obligations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/payroll.freelance.com\/en\/guide-to-growth-in-france\/employees-legal-obligations\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring an employee in France, legal obligations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In France, the process of recruiting an employee entails many legal obligations for the employer.&nbsp;<strong>Failure to comply with the legal obligations relating to the hiring of an employee may result in criminal sanctions for illegal employment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legal obligations concern the pre-recruitment phase when the job offer is issued, the recruitment phase and the post-recruitment period when the candidate is selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are the employer\u2019s legal obligations in a recruitment process? What are the risks of not complying with the legal obligations? In this article we look at the employer\u2019s main obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In France, the process of recruiting an employee entails many legal obligations for the employer.&nbsp;Failure to comply with the legal obligations relating to the hiring of an employee may result in criminal sanctions for illegal employment. 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