How certain are you of this? I only have anecdata, but when I tried to use a 3rd party agency to hire someone in France, from Ireland I got the process through several layers of management, up to and including the CEO and COO of my American employer, and HR, and legal counsel, only to be warned away in the most emphatic terms by external counsel. They told us of the risk of large fines and jail time in France for executives of companies doing this.

As I said, anecdotal, and a few years old.

> They told us of the risk of large fines and jail time in France for executives of companies doing this.

Just for hiring someone from France?