Book IV: Dispute resolution - The industrial tribunal

For the organisations mentioned in 2° and 3° of article D. 1442-1, the State’s financial aid comprises: 1° A fund intended to finance the organisation’s structural costs. These costs include: a) The following training costs for sessions: – equipment and documentation; – premises; – miscellaneous supplies; b) The following training costs outside sessions: – trainers’ training costs; – costs related to the use of new technologies; c) The following administrative…

The agreements referred to in article D. 1442-3 specify the procedures for monitoring, in particular administrative and financial monitoring, of the training courses giving rise to the payment of State financial aid, as well as the procedures for evaluating the scheme.

The government provides financial support for innovative training initiatives for employment tribunal members undertaken by approved bodies.

The total period of absence of an employee councillor for participation in one or more training courses in the establishments and bodies mentioned in article D. 1442-1 may not exceed two weeks in any one calendar year. The authorisations for absence referred to in 2° of article L. 1442-2 are granted to employees at their request as soon as they are appointed. The employee representative shall inform his employer of…

The organisation responsible for the course will issue the employee with a certificate stating that he/she has attended the course. This certificate is given to the employer when the employee returns to work.

Employee industrial tribunal members benefiting from the leave provided for in article D. 1442-7 are not taken into account: 1° When determining the number of beneficiaries of training leave, as provided for in articles L. 6322-7 to L. 6322-9 ; 2° When determining the number of beneficiaries of economic, social and trade union training leave, as provided for in article L. 2145-5.

Salaried industrial tribunal members paid solely on a commission basis, when they are entitled to the leave provided for in article D. 1442-7, are remunerated by each of their employers on the basis of an hourly training allowance equal to 1/1,900 of the remuneration paid during the previous year and declared to the tax authorities pursuant to article 87 of the General Tax Code. This remuneration is deducted from the…