Chapter II: Obligations and financial solidarity of the principal.

When a company manager concludes a contract for the performance of work or the supply of services with a contractor who recruits the necessary labour himself and the latter is not the owner of a business or a craft business, the company manager shall comply, with regard to the contractor’s employees employed in his establishment or the outbuildings thereof and subject to the same penalties as for his own employees,…

In the event of default by the subcontractor, to whom recourse is had under the conditions set out in article L. 8232-1, the principal shall incur the following liabilities, notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary: 1° If the work is carried out or the services provided in his establishment or in the outbuildings thereof, the head of the undertaking is substituted for the subcontractor in respect of the employees employed…

In the cases provided for in this chapter, the injured employee, the social security and family allowance bodies and the paid holiday fund may, in the event of the contractor’s default, take direct action against the head of the company for whom the work was carried out.