An employer who is planning to make at least ten employees redundant for economic reasons within a thirty-day period shall convene and consult the Social and Economic Committee in accordance with the conditions set out in this paragraph.
In companies or establishments usually employing fewer than fifty employees, the employer convenes and consults the Social and Economic Committee. The committee holds two meetings, separated by a period of no more than fourteen days.
I.-In undertakings or establishments usually employing at least fifty employees, the employer shall convene and consult the social and economic committee on : 1° The planned operation and its terms and conditions, in accordance with article L. 2323-31 ; 2° The proposed mass redundancies: the number of job losses, the professional categories concerned, the criteria for ordering and the provisional timetable for redundancies, the accompanying social measures provided for in…
Together with the invitation to the first meeting, the employer sends the employee representatives all relevant information about the proposed mass redundancies. It shall indicate 1° The economic, financial or technical reasons for the proposed redundancies; 2° The number of redundancies envisaged; 3° The professional categories concerned and the proposed criteria for the order of redundancies; 4° The number of employees, permanent or otherwise, employed in the establishment; 5° The…
In addition to the information provided for in article L. 1233-31, in undertakings with fewer than fifty employees, the employer sends the staff representatives the measures it plans to implement to avoid redundancies or limit their number and to facilitate the redeployment of staff whose redundancy cannot be avoided. In companies with at least fifty employees, the employer sends the job protection plan with the same objectives.
The employer shall study, within the period provided for in article L. 1233-30, the suggestions relating to the social measures envisaged and the alternative proposals to the restructuring project mentioned in article L. 2323-31 formulated by the social and economic committee. It gives them a reasoned response.
In companies with at least fifty employees, where the redundancy project concerns at least ten employees within the same thirty-day period, the Social and Economic Committee may, where appropriate on the recommendation of the committees set up within it, decide, at the first meeting provided for inArticle L. 1233-30, to call in an expert report which may cover the economic and accounting fields as well as health, safety or the…
The expert appointed by the social and economic committee asks the employer, within ten days of his appointment, for all the information he deems necessary to carry out his assignment. The employer responds to this request within eight days. If necessary, the expert will request, within ten days, additional information from the employer, who will respond to this request within eight days of the date on which the expert’s request…
Before the request for validation or homologation provided for inArticle L. 1233-57-4 is sent, any dispute relating to the expert appraisal is sent to the administrative authority, which gives its decision within a period of five days. This decision may be contested under the conditions provided for inarticle L. 1235-7-1.
In undertakings with a central social and economic committee, the employer consults the central committee and the establishment social and economic committee(s) concerned whenever the measures envisaged exceed the power of the head(s) of the establishment(s) concerned or concern several establishments simultaneously. In this case, the works council or works councils of the establishments hold their meetings after those of the central works council held in application of article L….
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