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Explorer Publishing guides you through the paperwork minefield of French employment laws.
CDD (Contract Duration Determinée): a contract with a determined duration. It may not exceed one year and is then only renewable once for a period of no more than six months. 
Labour law
Reprinted with permission of Explorer Publishing from Paris Complete Residents' Guide.
Awfully incorrect aricle in almost all details.
A CDI is quite easy to end, it's the CDD which is almost impossible to end before it's term.
A contract doesn't have to be in writing, if there is no written document the contract is a full-time CDI (everything else needs writing) and the conditions are those of the first payslip.
The period during which the employer or the employee can annul the contract goes from a few days to 6 months, depending on what you negociate, with the "Convention Collecctive" (branch agreement) indicating a maximum duration. During this period, the employee is NOT always entitled to the same benefits, some, like the mutuelle (health insurance which pays the part the sociall security doesn't pay) often is given only to those who stayed beyond the probation period.
The maternity and paternity leaves you indicate are the legal minimum, once again the Convention Collective can have better conditions, allowing days off for you marriage, to assist family events and so on.
Futhermore, the employer is not the only one to pay the charges sociales, you have to say bye-bye to about 20% of your gross salary, too.
Awfully incorrect aricle in almost all details.
A CDI is quite easy to end, it's the CDD which is almost impossible to end before it's term.
A contract doesn't have to be in writing, if there is no written document the contract is a full-time CDI (everything else needs writing) and the conditions are those of the first payslip.
The period during which the employer or the employee can annul the contract goes from a few days to 6 months, depending on what you negociate, with the "Convention Collecctive" (branch agreement) indicating a maximum duration. During this period, the employee is NOT always entitled to the same benefits, some, like the mutuelle (health insurance which pays the part the sociall security doesn't pay) often is given only to those who stayed beyond the probation period.
The maternity and paternity leaves you indicate are the legal minimum, once again the Convention Collective can have better conditions, allowing days off for you marriage, to assist family events and so on.
Futhermore, the employer is not the only one to pay the charges sociales, you have to say bye-bye to about 20% of your gross salary, too.
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