Chapter III: Contracts concluded with an employers' group

Employers’ groups are set up in one of the following forms: 1° Association governed by the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association ; 2° A cooperative company within the meaning of Law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives and Law no. 83-657 of 20 July 1983 on the development of certain social economy activities; 3° Association governed by the local…

The following are also considered to be employer groups: 1° Existing cooperative societies which develop, for the exclusive benefit of their members, the activities mentioned in article L. 1253-1 ; 2° Interprofessional ambulatory care societies mentioned inarticle L. 4041-1 of the Public Health Code and employing employees under the conditions provided for in a of 3° of article L. 4041-2 of the same code, which develop, for the exclusive benefit…

When an employers’ group is set up, it informs the Labour Inspectorate. The list of members of the grouping is kept permanently available for inspection by the labour inspectorate referred to in article L. 8112-1 at the grouping’s registered office.

Employers who join an employers’ group shall inform the staff representative bodies in their company of the formation and nature of the employers’ group.

The members of the grouping are jointly and severally liable for its debts to the employees and to the bodies responsible for compulsory contributions. By way of derogation, the articles of association of an employers’ group may, on the basis of objective criteria, lay down rules for the distribution of these debts between the members of the group, enforceable against creditors. They may also provide for specific liability arrangements for…

For the application of this Code, with the exception of Part Two, employees made available, in whole or in part, to one or more of its members by an employers’ group are not taken into account in the workforce of this employers’ group.