Some help with french translation
Hi guys,

I have a question. In the following phrase, what does the "l'on" refers to, or represent?
I mean, I know how to translate the following phrase, but I want to "dive in" and know what is the purpose of "l'on" here.

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".....Le souci c’est que ***l'on*** change un contrat de travail qui a été signé par deux parties et qui est changé par l’action d’un seul partenaire du contrat . Nous signons donc un contrat de travail avec certains horaires, et d’un seul coup, on nous dit "Ben non... maintenant vous faites ça".
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Thanks for your help.

Question

Some help with french translation
Hi guys,

I have a question. In the following phrase, what does the "l'on" refers to, or represent?
I mean, I know how to translate the following phrase, but I want to "dive in" and know what is the purpose of "l'on" here.

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".....Le souci c’est que ***l'on*** change un contrat de travail qui a été signé par deux parties et qui est changé par l’action d’un seul partenaire du contrat . Nous signons donc un contrat de travail avec certains horaires, et d’un seul coup, on nous dit "Ben non... maintenant vous faites ça".
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Thanks for your help.

Answer

As per my knowledge, l'on is just "on" but here we have a "que" kissing "on" which is not appropriate, so we place a little "l" between them. "l" can also be "là" meaning "there" as you already know that

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Thanks for the explanation Amelie!

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Nowadays, you can use "qu'on " or "que l'on". There is no difference between them. We put "l" for the language music that's all. 
A very longtime ago, "l'on " was another way to say "l'homme" so we have to write an article as it was a noun. But over the centuries, we started to use "on" as a subject pronoun, and that's why now you can find both writing.

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