Title II: Labour inspection system

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…

When the inspection of labour legislation has been entrusted, in a section, to a labour inspector, the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment : 1° Designates one or more labour inspectors to take decisions that fall within the exclusive competence of the labour inspector, by virtue of legislative or regulatory provisions ; 2° May entrust the supervision of establishments with at least fifty employees to one or…