Clashes have broken out between French police and demonstrators during a May Day parade in Paris.
France has seen two months of unrest over the reforms. Several police officers were injured during countrywide protests on Thursday.
Caught up in #Paris clashes – feeling tear gas effects, along with hundreds of others, including children & elderly pic.twitter.com/vOzXlDvVSk
— Harry Fear (@harryfear) 1 May 2016
The proposed law, to be debated in parliament on Tuesday, would remove some of the protection workers enjoy against being laid off, in an attempt to encourage businesses to hire more people.
The socialist government says its aim is to combat chronic unemployment, but opponents say it will let employers bypass workers' rights on pay, rest time and overtime rates.