Part four: Health and safety at work

I.-Employers with at least fifty employees, including the companies and public establishments mentioned in articles L. 2211-1 and L. 2233-1 employing at least fifty employees, as well as companies belonging to a group within the meaning of article L. 2331-1 whose workforce includes at least fifty employees, begin negotiations on an agreement to prevent the effects of exposure to the occupational risk factors mentioned in article L. 4161-1: 1° Or…

If, at the end of the negotiations, no agreement is reached, a statement of disagreement is drawn up under the conditions defined in Article L. 2242-5. The employer mentioned in article L. 4162-1 is then required to draw up, at company or group level, an action plan relating to the prevention of the effects of exposure to the occupational risk factors mentioned in article L. 4161-1, after consulting the social…

The company or group agreement or, in the absence of an agreement, the action plan referred to in article L. 4162-2: 1° Includes a list of compulsory topics set by decree ; 2° Is concluded for a maximum period of three years; 3° Is filed with the competent administrative authority defined by decree, which informs the competent body of the occupational injury and disease branch.

I.- Failure to comply with the obligations set out in articles L. 4162-1 to L. 4162-3 will result in a penalty payable by the employer. II-The amount of this penalty, set by decree by the Conseil d’Etat, may not exceed 1% of the remuneration or earnings, within the meaning of the first paragraph of article L. 242-1 of the Social Security Code and the first paragraph of article L. 741-10…

When the holder of the personal account for the prevention of arduous working conditions decides to use all or part of the points registered in the account for the purposes mentioned in 1° of I of article L. 4162-4, these points are converted into euros to fund the personal training account provided for in article L. 6323-1.