Chapter II: Deconcentrated services

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;…

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…

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.

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,…

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…

Within the limits of his territorial constituency and within the framework of the directives and instructions of the Directorate General for Labour, the Regional Director for the Economy, Employment, Labour and Solidarity decides on the location and delimitation of the infra-departmental, departmental and inter-departmental inspection units. Within each inspection unit, it decides on the number, location and boundaries of the inspection sections and, where appropriate, their sectoral or thematic scope….

In each département, at least one section carries out the tasks defined in chapter II of title I of this book in the farms, businesses and establishments defined in article L. 717-1 of the rural and maritime fishing code, unless an exception is justified by the low volume of agricultural activity and provided for by order of the ministers responsible for agriculture and labour. The Regional Director of Companies, Competition,…

In each region, a regional support and monitoring unit, attached to the “labour policy” section of the regional directorate for companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment, is responsible for combating illegal employment and monitoring compliance with the provisions relating to employees temporarily seconded to France by a company not established in France.

In order to carry out sectoral or thematic inspections, to prevent a particular risk or to provide back-up for officers in the inspection units, the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment may: 1° Either designate officers with special skills within the inspection units to provide support to sub-departmental, departmental or inter-departmental inspection units in the region, or to carry out regional action; 2° Or propose the…

I.-In each inspection unit mentioned in 1° of article R. 8122-3, the labour inspection inspector carries out his duties on the territory of a section. When necessary, they may intervene in the rest of the territory of the departmental unit to which the inspection unit to which they are assigned belongs. II – In each inspection unit referred to in 2° of Article R. 8122-3, the Labour Inspection inspector carries…