A representative employee trade union organisation within the meaning of articles L. 2122-1, L. 2122-5 or L. 2122-9 may bring an action before a civil court to establish that several applicants for a job, an internship or a period of in-company training, or several employees, are the subject of direct or indirect discrimination based on the same grounds listed in article L. 1132-1 and attributable to the same employer.
An association which has been duly registered for at least five years and which is active in the fight against discrimination or in the field of disability may act for the same purposes, in defence of the interests of several applicants for a job or work placement.
For the application of this article, the trade union organisation mentioned in the first paragraph may, if it so wishes, enlist the help of an association mentioned in the second paragraph.