Section 2: Suspension and termination of the employment contract or training agreement

The young people concerned by this section are the workers mentioned in Article L. 4111-5 aged under eighteen.

If the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer finds that there is a serious risk of harm to the health, safety or physical or moral integrity of the young person in the company, he or she may propose to the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment that the employment contract or work placement agreement be suspended. This suspension is accompanied by the employer maintaining the remuneration or bonus…

Within fifteen days of the Labour Inspectorate inspecting officer’s finding, the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment will decide whether to resume performance of the employment contract or training agreement. Refusal to authorise the resumption of performance of the employment contract or training agreement will result in its termination on the date of notification of the refusal to the parties. In this case, the employer shall…

The refusal decision by the Regional Director of Business, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment may be accompanied by a prohibition on the employer recruiting or taking on new young people under the age of eighteen, whether workers or trainees, for a period to be determined by the Director.

In the event of a refusal to authorise the resumption of performance of the employment contract or the work experience agreement, the training establishment in which the young person is registered is informed of this decision so that it can take the necessary steps to enable the young person to provisionally follow the training provided by the establishment and to find a new employer likely to contribute to the completion…