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Article R1452-3 of the French Labour Code

The clerk’s office notifies the claimant by any means of the place, date and time of the meeting of the conciliation and referral office or of the hearing when the preliminary conciliation does not apply. This notice by any means invites the claimant to send his documents to the defendant before the aforementioned session or hearing and indicates that in the event of non-appearance without a legitimate reason, a decision…

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Article R1452-4 of the French Labour Code

On receipt of the copies of the application and the form referred to in the second paragraph of article R. 1452-2, the court registry will summon the defendant by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The summons must indicate 1° The name, profession and address of the plaintiff ; 2° Depending on the case, the place, day and time of the meeting of the conciliation and referral office or of…

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Article R1452-5 of the French Labour Code

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of article R. 1452-1, the defendant’s summons to appear before the conciliation and referral office and, where the matter is directly referred to it, before the judgment office, is equivalent to a summons to appear before a court.

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Article R1453-2 of the French Labour Code

The persons entitled to assist or represent the parties are : 1° Employees or employers belonging to the same branch of activity ; 2° Union representatives; 3° The spouse, partner in a civil solidarity pact or cohabiting partner; 4° Lawyers. The employer may also be assisted or represented by a member of the company or establishment authorised or empowered to do so. If the representative is not a lawyer, he…

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Article D1453-2-1 of the French Labour Code

The list of trade union representatives referred to in article L. 1453-4 is drawn up by the regional director of companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment, on the basis of proposals from the employers’ and employees’ organisations referred to in the same article. These organisations appoint trade union representatives at regional level on the basis of their experience of industrial relations and their knowledge of employment law. Trade union representatives…

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Article D1453-2-3 of the French Labour Code

The list of trade union representatives referred to in article L. 1453-4 is drawn up in each region by the regional prefect and published in the regional prefecture’s recueil des actes administratifs. The list includes in particular the surname, first name and profession of the trade union representative, the name of the trade union or professional organisation proposing him or her and, at the choice of this organisation, the contact…

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