Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the approval of agreements by employees in undertakings with fewer than eleven employees and in undertakings with between eleven and twenty employees without an elected representative on the social and economic committee.

The conditions under which the employer seeks the approval of employees pursuant to articles L. 2232-21 to L. 2232-23 are as follows: 1° The consultation takes place by any means during working time. Its material organisation is the responsibility of the employer; 2° The personal and secret nature of the consultation is guaranteed; 3° The result of the consultation is brought to the attention of the employer at the end…

The employer defines the procedures for organising the consultation, which include: 1° The procedures for sending the text of the agreement to the employees; 2° The place, date and time of the consultation; 3° The organisation and conduct of the consultation; 4° The text of the question relating to the approval of the agreement submitted for employee consultation.

At least fifteen days before the date of the consultation, the employer shall notify the employees of the draft agreement and the organisational arrangements defined in application of article R. 2232-11.

Disputes relating to the list of employees to be consulted and to the regularity of the consultation shall fall within the jurisdiction of the judicial court, which shall have final jurisdiction. They must be lodged within the deadlines set out in article R. 2324-24. The decision may be appealed to the Supreme Court.