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Article L2281-11 of the French Labour Code

In companies where no trade union delegate has been appointed or where an agreement on professional equality between men and women and the quality of life and working conditions has not been concluded, the employer consults the social and economic committee on the arrangements for exercising employees’ right to expression. In companies where no trade union delegate has been appointed, this consultation takes place at least once a year.

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Article L2282-2 of the French Labour Code

All employees, including direct supervisory staff, in each workshop or office constituting a work unit have the right to meet in a workshop or office council. Employees meet in each workshop or office at least once every two months and for at least six hours a year during working hours. The time spent at these meetings may not give rise to a reduction in remuneration. Employees may express their views…

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Article L2282-3 of the French Labour Code

The stipulations included in the agreements on the right of expression must be supplemented by provisions relating to : 1° The definition of work units used as a framework for meetings of shop or office councils. These units must be small; 2° The frequency and duration of meetings; 3° The arrangements for involving management staff in the organisation of meetings and the follow-up to be given to them; 4° Where…

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Article L2283-1 of the French Labour Code

Any refusal by an employer to enter into negotiations with a view to concluding an agreement defining the terms and conditions for exercising employees’ right of expression, as provided for in article L. 2281-5, is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of 3,750 euros.

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Article L2283-2 of the French Labour Code

In companies and organisations where no trade union delegate has been appointed or where the agreement defining the procedures for exercising employees’ right of expression, as provided for in article L. 2281-5, has not been concluded, refusal to consult the social and economic committee is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of 3,750 euros.

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Article L2301-1 of the French Labour Code

For the application of this book and by way of derogation from article L. 1111-3, the employees mentioned in 2° and 4° of the same article L. 1111-3 are taken into account when calculating the company’s workforce.

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Article L2311-1 of the French Labour Code

The provisions of this Title apply to private-law employers and their employees. They also apply to 1° Public industrial and commercial establishments ; 2° Public administrative establishments when they employ staff under private law conditions. These provisions may, taking into account the particular characteristics of some of the establishments mentioned in 1° and 2° and any existing staff representation bodies, be adapted by decrees of the Conseil d’Etat, provided that…

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Article L2311-2 of the French Labour Code

A social and economic committee is set up in companies with at least eleven employees. It is only compulsory to set up such a committee if there are at least eleven employees for twelve consecutive months. Staff numbers are calculated in accordance with articles L. 1111-2 and L. 1251-54.

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Article L2312-1 of the French Labour Code

The powers of the social and economic committee in undertakings with fewer than fifty employees are defined in section 2 of this chapter. The responsibilities of the social and economic committee in undertakings with at least fifty employees are defined in section 3 of this chapter. The responsibilities of the social and economic committee are defined according to the number of employees in the company.

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