Title I: Scope of application

The provisions of this book shall apply to private-law employers and their employees. They also apply to public industrial and commercial establishments.

Senior executives are not subject to the provisions of Titles II and III. The following are considered to be senior managers: managers who are entrusted with responsibilities the importance of which implies a high degree of independence in the organisation of their time, who are empowered to take decisions in a largely autonomous manner and who receive remuneration which is among the highest levels of the remuneration systems practised in…

With the exception of Chapter II of Title III and Titles VI and VII, this Book defines the rules of public policy, the scope of collective bargaining and the suppletive rules applicable in the absence of agreement.