Part Two: Collective labour relations

Collective company agreements on actual salaries may only be filed with the administrative authority, under the conditions set out in article L. 2231-6, if accompanied by a report on the opening of negotiations on pay differentials between women and men, recording the respective proposals of the parties. The minutes certify that the employer has entered into negotiations seriously and fairly. The serious and fair commencement of negotiations implies that, in…

In companies where one or more trade union sections of representative organisations have been set up, an employer who has not fulfilled the obligation to negotiate on effective wages mentioned in 1° of article L. 2242-1 is subject to a penalty. If no breach of this obligation has been found during a previous inspection over the previous six calendar years, the penalty is capped at an amount equivalent to 10%…

Companies with at least fifty employees are subject to a penalty payable by the employer in the absence of an agreement relating to professional equality between women and men at the end of the negotiations referred to in 2° of article L. 2242-1 or, in the absence of an agreement, by an action plan referred to in article L. 2242-3. The procedures for monitoring the achievement of the objectives and…

The administrative authority decides on any request made by an employer to assess the compliance of an agreement or action plan with the provisions of article L. 2242-8 . If the administrative authority remains silent at the end of a period set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, this request is deemed to have been rejected. The request referred to in the first paragraph is not admissible if the departments…