Book IV: Dispute resolution - The industrial tribunal

When an industrial tribunal cannot be constituted, the first president of the court of appeal, at the request of the public prosecutor, appoints another industrial tribunal or, failing that, one or more judges within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal to hear the cases entered on the roll of the industrial tribunal or which should subsequently have been referred to this tribunal.

When article L. 1423-8 has been applied and the industrial tribunal with normal jurisdiction is once again able to function, the first president of the court of appeal, hearing the case under the same conditions, notes this state of affairs and sets the date from which cases will once again be brought before this tribunal. The first president also specifies the date from which cases that have been provisionally transferred…

When the president of the industrial tribunal observes a temporary difficulty in the operation of a section, he may, after receiving the assent of the vice-president and subject to the agreement of the parties concerned, temporarily assign the industrial tribunal members of one section to another section to hear disputes falling within the jurisdiction of the latter section. Such assignments are made for a period of six months, renewable twice…

In the event of an interruption in the operation of the industrial tribunal or serious difficulties making it impossible to operate under normal conditions, the first president of the court of appeal appoints one or more judges within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal to hear the cases on the industrial tribunal’s roll. He sets the date from which the cases are provisionally submitted to these judges. When the…

In the event of a lasting interruption in its operation or serious difficulties making it impossible to operate under normal conditions, the industrial tribunal may be dissolved by a decree stating the reasons. In this case, new appointments must be made within a maximum period of four months from the date of publication of the dissolution decree. The duties of the members thus appointed end at the same time as…