Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 1233-5 to L. 1233-7, relating to the criteria for ordering redundancies, is punishable by a fourth-class fine.

Any collective redundancy for economic reasons of less than ten employees within the same thirty-day period without informing the administrative authority of the redundancy or redundancies decided upon, in disregard of the provisions of article L. 1233-19 or without including in this information the information provided for in article D. 1233-3, is punishable by the fine laid down for fourth-class offences.

Failure to issue an employee with an employment certificate, in breach of the provisions of article L. 1234-19, is punishable by a fourth-class fine.

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles D. 1233-4 to D. 1233-10, relating to informing the administrative authority when ten or more employees are made redundant for economic reasons within the same thirty-day period, is punishable by a fourth-class fine.

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles R. 1233-15 and R. 1233-16, relating to economic redundancies in the context of a receivership or compulsory liquidation, is punishable by a fourth-class fine.

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles R. 1234-9 to R. 1234-12 relating to the unemployment insurance certificate is punishable by a fifth-class fine.