There is indeed a lot of red tape but these are the avenues to fire someone:
- Severe underperformance (building of a dossier over months will be necessary for solid proof).
- The employee doesn't come to work anymore without a valid reason
- There is the 'faute grave' reason. It means that the person did something very very bad in the company, for instance sexual assault, or put critical assets in jeopardy, fraud, blatant misbehavior, stuff like that.
Usually there is at least a 8 month probation period (for engineers and most high paying jobs) in which you can fire someone with between 2 days and 2 weeks notice. No need for a reason whatsoever. (This applies to France)
- Severe underperformance (building of a dossier over months will be necessary for solid proof).
- The employee doesn't come to work anymore without a valid reason
- There is the 'faute grave' reason. It means that the person did something very very bad in the company, for instance sexual assault, or put critical assets in jeopardy, fraud, blatant misbehavior, stuff like that.
Usually there is at least a 8 month probation period (for engineers and most high paying jobs) in which you can fire someone with between 2 days and 2 weeks notice. No need for a reason whatsoever. (This applies to France)