According to the French Social security code article L341-1, when a worker has lost two-thirds of his workforce, because of an illness, he is entitled...

Since 1987, any French enterprise employing more than 20 employees is required to employ at least 6 % of disabled workers.  Bookmark on Delicious Digg...

A  new table of occupational disease has been created in 2012 to recognise Parkinson’s disease as an  occupational disease in French agricultura...

When the occupational accident or the occupational disease causes after-effects, the victim is entitled to receive a compensation  : partial permanent...

Since 2010, and for the first time, the French Labour Code mentions the work hardship. The employer has to fill in a sheet on the prevention of exposu...

Several criteria must be met cumulitavely to obtain the recognition of an occupational disease. Physicians of all specialities must know this procedur...

To be recognised as an occupational disease, a disease must appear on one of the 110 table appended to the French Social Security Code. These lists ar...

Some respiratory failures may be recognised as occupational diseases. A granuloma can form in the lungs when a foreign matter  enters in the lungs  : ...

When a worker has been exposed to one or several harshness factors, for a certain period, he can retire before the legal retirement age and is entitle...

There are several stages for the allergy : the first level is asthma and then it may evolve into  alveolitis and finally fibrosis. Some allergic disea...