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Article L1235-8 of the French Labour Code

Representative employee trade union organisations may take all legal action resulting from legal provisions or collective bargaining agreements governing the dismissal of an employee for economic reasons, without having to provide proof of a mandate from the person concerned.

The employee is notified of this, in accordance with the conditions laid down by regulation, and must not have objected within a period of fifteen days from the date on which the trade union organisation notified him of its intention.

At the end of this period, the trade union organisation notifies the employer of its intention to take legal action.

The employee may always intervene in the proceedings brought by the trade union.

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Article L1235-8

Les organisations syndicales de salariés représentatives peuvent exercer en justice toutes les actions résultant des dispositions légales ou conventionnelles régissant le licenciement pour motif économique d’un salarié, sans avoir à justifier d’un mandat de l’intéressé.

Le salarié en est averti, dans des conditions prévues par voie réglementaire, et ne doit pas s’y être opposé dans un délai de quinze jours à compter de la date à laquelle l’organisation syndicale lui a notifié son intention.

A l’issue de ce délai, l’organisation syndicale avertit l’employeur de son intention d’agir en justice.

Le salarié peut toujours intervenir à l’instance engagée par le syndicat.

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