Chapter IVa: Observatory for analysis and support for social dialogue and negotiation

The Observatory for Analysis and Support of Social Dialogue and Negotiations is made up of a maximum of thirteen members: -up to six members representing employees ; -up to six members representing employers. The head of the departmental unit or his deputy, appointed by the regional director of companies, consumer affairs, competition, labour and employment, sits as the representative of the competent administrative authority on the observatory. The Observatory’s secretariat…

Every four years, the Regional Director of Companies, Consumer Affairs, Competition, Labour and Employment, acting on a proposal from the head of the departmental unit, publishes the list of representative employee trade union organisations at departmental and cross-industry level.

The representative employers’ and employees’ trade union organisations shall notify the head of the departmental unit, within two months of the referral by the latter, of the names of their respective representatives, employers or employees operating in the region, whom they appoint as members of the observatory provided for in article L. 2234-4.

The head of the departmental unit publishes the updated list of persons designated by the organisations mentioned in article R. 2234-1 as members of the observatory provided for in article L. 2234-4 in the departmental collection of administrative acts and on the website of the regional directorate for business, consumer affairs, competition, labour and employment.