Title III: Termination of open-ended employment contracts

The list of employee advisors is drawn up by the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment, after consultation with the employers’ and employees’ organisations that are representative at national level and sit on the National Commission for Collective Bargaining, Employment and Vocational Training, whose observations must be submitted within one month. Employee advisors are chosen on the basis of their experience of industrial relations and their knowledge…

The list of employee advisers is drawn up in each département by the prefect and published in the prefecture’s administrative records. It is made available to employees in each labour inspection section and in each town hall.

The list of employee advisers is revised every three years. It may be supplemented at any time if necessary.

Mediators, experts and qualified persons shall be reimbursed for travel and subsistence expenses incurred outside their place of residence in the performance of their duties, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the regulations in force for civil servants.

An employee adviser who has made at least four appointments in the course of a calendar year is entitled to a fixed annual allowance, the amount of which is set by joint order of the ministers responsible for the budget and labour.

The employer is reimbursed monthly by the State for the salaries maintained in application of the provisions of article L. 1232-9 as well as all the benefits and corresponding social security charges for which it is responsible. When working hours are longer than the legal working hours, the cost of additional overtime pay is shared between the State and the employer. This distribution is made in proportion to the time…