Any company operating in France has to pay up to 50 percent of its workers' monthly public transportation pass. The law used to be subject to some exemptions but now applies to all workers who have an “abonnement” (monthly pass) to the bus, metro, train, RER or tram.
This is normally done automatically through your wages but in some companies you may have to apply separately. So make sure you go to HR and ask for the form to fill in. If you are freelance at a company then the chances of having your travel refunded may depend on the amount of hours you do.
3. Restaurant vouchers
"Tickets restos" or luncheon vouchers are mandatory only in cases when there’s no on-site cafeteria or self-service kitchen. In the cases where vouchers are required, the cost is split 50/50 between workers and management. New rules are set to be introduced this springthat will get rid of the old paper version of the tickets. The vouchers will soon be charged up on to smart phones or cards. There will be a maximum spend of two tickets a day (19 euros) and the vouchers will not be able to be used on sunday's or bank holidays. Around 3.5 million workers in France benefot from thee use of vouchers.
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4.. Paid days off for weddings and funerals
Your French boss has to give you four days off when you get married and two days off if your spouse or child dies. But you are also guaranteed a day off when you and your partner join in civil union (PACS). And when that son or daughter, whose birth brought you 11 days off, gets hitched, you are entitled to a day off to attend the wedding.
5. Subsidized healthcare
At present French companies don’t have to provide workers with top-up health insurance, known as a “mutuelle”, which pays towards medical costs not covered by the government.
However, starting from 2016 it will become mandatory for companies to offer a “mutuelle”, although the insurance policy they offer, what it covers and how much of the cost it will cover, will depend on each company and the industry in which one works.
Companies often split the cost of top-up insurance policies with employees, by deducting it from the monthly salary. You should be able to see this on your payslip.
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