Book III: Employee representative bodies

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 2315-45, in undertakings with at least three hundred employees, an employee housing information and assistance committee is set up within the social and economic committee. Undertakings with fewer than three hundred employees may group together to form this committee.

The Housing Information and Assistance Committee facilitates housing for employees and their access to home ownership and rented accommodation. To this end, the committee: 1° Seeks out the possibilities of providing housing corresponding to the needs of employees, in liaison with the organisations authorised to collect employers’ contributions to the construction effort; 2° Informs employees about the conditions for owning or renting housing and assists them in obtaining the financial…

The Employee Housing Information and Assistance Commission assists employees wishing to purchase or rent housing under the “participation des employeurs à l’effort de construction” (employer’s contribution to the construction effort) scheme, or to invest funds from rights accrued in application of the provisions relating to profit-sharing, incentive schemes and employee savings schemes. To this end, the commission proposes, in each company, criteria for ranking employees who are candidates for home…

With the employer’s agreement, the Housing Information and Assistance Committee may appoint, in an advisory capacity, one or more advisors delegated by professional, legal or technical organisations.

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 2315-55, a Conseil d’Etat decree determines: 1° The conditions under which the employee housing information and assistance committee is set up; 2° The conditions under which the rights constituted in application of the provisions relating to profit-sharing, incentive schemes and employee savings schemes are negotiable or payable before the expiry of the period provided for in article L. 3323-5 or article L. 3324-10,…