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Article R8124-19 of the French Labour Code

In the performance of their duties, employees shall refrain from any expression or manifestation of personal convictions of any kind whatsoever.

Off duty, they shall express themselves freely within the limits set by the duty of reserve. In particular, they may not make any comments likely to harm the reputation of the labour inspection system.

They may not use their status as agents of the labour inspection system to publicly express their personal opinions.

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Article R8124-19

Dans l’exercice de leurs missions, les agents s’abstiennent de toute expression ou manifestation de convictions personnelles, de quelque nature qu’elles soient.


En dehors du service, ils s’expriment librement dans les limites posées par le devoir de réserve. Ils ne peuvent notamment tenir des propos de nature à nuire à la considération du système d’inspection du travail.


Ils ne peuvent se prévaloir de la qualité d’agent du système d’inspection du travail dans l’expression publique de leurs opinions personnelles.

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