Subsection 1: Installation

If they have never held judicial office in an industrial tribunal, they are invited to take the oath: 1° The councillor appointed after the general renewal ; 2° A councillor appointed during his term of office to fill a seat that has become vacant; 3° A councillor appointed when a labour tribunal is created.

The public prosecutor of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the seat of the industrial tribunal is located will issue the summons to take the oath at the court hearing within one month of publication of the appointment order referred to in articles L. 1441-1 and L. 1441-26.

The councillors individually take the following oath: “I swear to fulfil my duties with zeal and integrity and to maintain the secrecy of the deliberations”. A record of the taking of the oath is drawn up.

On the day of the public installation of the industrial tribunal, on the occasion of the formal hearing mentioned in 1° of article R. 1423-13, the minutes of the taking of the oath are read out. The councillors mentioned in 1° of article D. 1442-11 take up their duties upon installation. The councillors mentioned in 2° of article D. 1442-11 are installed at the hearing of the adjudication committee of…