Section 4: Dismissal of ten or more employees within a thirty-day period

By way of derogation from the rules on consultation of employee representative bodies laid down in this Title and in Book III of Part Two, a company, group or branch agreement may lay down the terms and conditions for informing and consulting the Social and Economic Committee and, where applicable, the framework for recourse to an expert opinion by this committee when the employer plans to make at least ten…

The agreement provided for in Article L. 1233-21 sets the conditions under which the social and economic committee : 1° Is convened and informed of the economic and financial situation of the company ; 2° May formulate alternative proposals to the economic project at the origin of a restructuring which has an impact on employment and obtain a reasoned response from the employer to its proposals; 3° May call in…

The agreement provided for in Article L. 1233-21 may not derogate from : 1° from the general rules of information and consultation of the social and economic committee provided for in articles L. 2323-2, L. 2323-4 and L. 2323-5 ; 2° The provision to staff representatives of the information provided for in articles L. 1233-31 to L. 1233-33; 3° The consultation rules applicable in the event of receivership or compulsory…

Any action to challenge all or part of an agreement provided for in article L. 1233-21 must be brought, on pain of inadmissibility, before the expiry of a period of three months from the date of filing of the agreement provided for in article L. 2231-6.

In companies with fifty or more employees, a collective agreement may determine the content of the job protection plan mentioned in articles L. 1233-61 to L. 1233-63 , as well as the procedures for consulting the social and economic committee and implementing redundancies. This agreement is signed by one or more representative trade union organisations having received at least 50% of the votes cast in favour of organisations recognised as…

The collective agreement referred to in article L. 1233-24-1 concerns the content of the job protection plan referred to in articles L. 1233-61 to L. 1233-63. It may also cover : 1° The procedures for informing and consulting the social and economic committee, in particular the conditions under which these procedures may be adjusted in the event of a project to transfer one or more economic entities as provided for…

The agreement provided for in Article L. 1233-24-1 may not derogate from : 1° The employer’s obligation to provide training, adaptation and redeployment in application of article L. 1233-4; 2° The general rules for informing and consulting the social and economic committee set out in articles L. 2323-2, L. 2323-4 and L. 2323-5 , except where the agreement is concluded by the works council; 3° The employer’s obligation to offer…