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Article L2315-32 of the French Labour Code

Resolutions of the Social and Economic Committee are passed by a majority of the members present. The chairman of the social and economic committee does not take part in the vote when he consults the elected members of the committee as a staff delegation.

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Article L2315-34 of the French Labour Code

The deliberations of the social and economic committee are recorded in minutes drawn up by the committee secretary within a period and in accordance with procedures defined by an agreement concluded under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 2312-16 or, failing this, by a decree. At the end of the period referred to in the first paragraph, the minutes are forwarded to the employer, who…

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Article L2315-35 of the French Labour Code

The minutes of Social and Economic Committee meetings, once adopted, may be posted or distributed within the company by the Committee secretary, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Committee’s internal regulations.

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Article L2315-36 of the French Labour Code

A health, safety and working conditions committee is set up within the social and economic committee in: 1° Companies with at least three hundred employees; 2° Separate establishments with at least three hundred employees; 3° Establishments referred to in Articles L. 4521-1 et seq.

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Article L2315-37 of the French Labour Code

In separate undertakings and establishments with fewer than three hundred employees, the labour inspector may require the creation of a health, safety and working conditions committee where this is necessary, in particular due to the nature of the activities, layout or equipment of the premises. This decision may be challenged before the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment.

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Article L2315-38 of the French Labour Code

The Health, Safety and Working Conditions Committee is entrusted, by delegation from the Social and Economic Committee, with all or part of the Committee’s powers relating to health, safety and working conditions, with the exception of the use of an expert as provided for in sub-section 10 and the Committee’s consultative powers.

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Article L2315-39 of the French Labour Code

The committee is chaired by the employer or his representative. It comprises at least three employee representatives, including at least one representative of the second college, or where applicable the third college, as provided for in Article L. 2314-11. The members of the health, safety and working conditions committee are appointed by the social and economic committee from among its members, by a resolution adopted in accordance with the procedures…

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Article L2315-41 of the French Labour Code

The company agreement defined in article L. 2313-2 sets out the procedures for setting up the health, safety and working conditions committee(s) in application of articles L. 2315-36 and L. 2315-37, by defining: 1° The number of members of the committee(s); 2° The tasks delegated to the committee(s) by the Social and Economic Committee and the procedures for carrying them out; 3° Their operating procedures, in particular the number of…

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