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Part Eight: Monitoring the application of employment legislation

Article D8121-12 of the French Labour Code

The duties of member of the National Labour Inspection Council are not remunerated. Travel expenses are reimbursed in accordance with decree no. 2006-781 of 3 July 2006 setting the terms and conditions for the payment of expenses incurred by the temporary travel of civil servants of the French State.

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Article R8121-13 of the French Labour Code

The Directorate General for Labour has authority over the decentralised services and is responsible for the application of Convention No. 81 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) of 11 July 1947 on labour inspection, as well as Convention No. 129 of 25 June 1969 on labour inspection in agriculture, Convention No. 178 of 22 October 1996 and regulations 5.1.4 to 5.1.6 of Title 5 of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006…

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Article R8121-14 of the French Labour Code

The Directorate General for Labour : 1° Determines labour policy guidelines, coordinates and evaluates actions, particularly with regard to monitoring the application of labour law; 2° Contributes to defining the organisational principles of the territorial network; 3° Provides support and assistance to the decentralised departments in the performance of their duties; 4° Ensures compliance with the ethical rules applicable to labour inspectors; 5° Coordinates liaison with services performing labour inspection…

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Article R8121-15 of the French Labour Code

The national monitoring, support and control group carries out or provides support for operations requiring special expertise, assistance for departments, specific control or coordination of controls. Labour inspectors and monitors are assigned to this group. It is placed under the authority of a labour inspector.

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Article R8122-1 of the French Labour Code

Within the framework of the directives issued by the Director General of Labour, the Regional Director for the Economy, Employment, Labour and Solidarity : 1° Implements at regional level and steers implementation at departmental level the policy defined by the public authorities to improve collective and individual relations and working conditions in companies; 2° Defines the general guidelines for labour law inspection activities, which it organises, coordinates, monitors and evaluates;…

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Article R8122-2 of the French Labour Code

I. – The Regional Director of the Economy, Employment, Labour and Solidarity has authority over the Departmental Directors of Employment, Labour and Solidarity and the Departmental Directors of Employment, Labour, Solidarity and Protection of Populations for the performance of tasks relating to the inspection of labour legislation. The Departmental Directors of Employment, Labour and Solidarity, the Departmental Directors of Employment, Labour, Solidarity and Population Protection and, in Ile-de-France, the Departmental…

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Article R8122-3 of the French Labour Code

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article R. 8121-15, labour inspectors and monitors carry out their duties : 1° Either in a departmental or sub-departmental control unit ; 2° Or in an interdepartmental inspection unit; 3° Or in a regional control unit; 4° Or in an inter-regional control unit. Each of these control units is placed under the authority of a labour inspector.

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Article R8122-4 of the French Labour Code

The departmental directorates for employment, labour and solidarity, the departmental directorates for employment, labour, solidarity and population protection and the departmental units of the Ile-de-France regional and interdepartmental directorate for the economy, employment, labour and solidarity comprise departmental, infra-departmental or interdepartmental inspection units. The geographical boundaries of an inspection unit may cover all or part of one or more départements under the conditions set out in article R. 8122-6. Sub-departmental,…

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Article R8122-5 of the French Labour Code

The number of sub-departmental, departmental or inter-departmental inspection units and their location are set for each region by order of the Minister responsible for labour. When sectoral or thematic specificities justify the intervention of a specialised control unit whose territorial jurisdiction extends beyond the region, an order of the Minister in charge of labour sets its location, its boundaries and its scope of intervention. This order specifies the regional directorate…

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