Section 1: Procedural safeguards.

No penalty may be imposed on an employee without the latter being informed, at the same time and in writing, of the grievances against him.

When the employer is considering imposing a penalty, he will summon the employee and specify the purpose of the summons, unless the penalty being considered is a warning or a penalty of the same nature that has no impact, whether immediate or otherwise, on the employee’s presence in the company, position, career or remuneration. During the hearing, the employee may be assisted by a company employee of his or her…

When the acts of which the employee is accused have made it essential to take a precautionary measure of immediate dismissal, no definitive sanction relating to these acts may be taken unless the procedure provided for in Article L. 1332-2 has been followed.