Section 2: Composition

The Conseil supérieur de la prud’homie comprises, in addition to the chairman : 1° Five members representing the State: a) Two representatives of the Minister of Justice ; b) Two representatives of the Minister of Labour; c) One representative of the Minister of Agriculture; 2° Eleven members representing employees, appointed on the recommendation of representative national trade unions; 3° Eleven members representing employers, appointed on the recommendation of representative organisations…

The employees’ representatives on the Conseil supérieur de la prud’homie are : 1° Four members nominated by the Confédération française démocratique du travail (CFDT) ; 2° Three members nominated by the Confédération générale du travail (CGT); 3° Two members nominated by the Confédération générale du travail-Force ouvrière (CGT-FO); 4° One member nominated by the Confédération française des travailleurs chrétiens (CFTC); 5° One member nominated by the Confédération française de l’encadrement-Confédération…

The employers’ representatives on the Conseil supérieur de la prud’homie are : 1° Five members nominated by the Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF), including at least one representative of small and medium-sized enterprises; 2° One member, representing public companies, appointed after consultation with the Mouvement des entreprises de France; 3° Two members nominated by the Confederation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (CPME); 4° One member, representing the agricultural professions,…

An equal number of employer and employee substitutes are appointed under the same conditions as the full members. They sit only in the absence of the full members. If the chairman is unable to attend, he is replaced by one of the representatives of the Minister of Justice.

The Chairman and the full and alternate representatives of employers and employees are appointed by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Labour, for a renewable term of four years. In the event of death, resignation or loss of office, the members are replaced. The successor remains in office until expiry of the normal term of office of the member replaced.