If conciliation fails, the Conciliation and Referral Office may, by simple measure of judicial administration:
1° If the dispute relates to a dismissal or a request for judicial termination of the employment contract, refer the parties, with their agreement, to the Judgement Office in its restricted composition referred to in Article L. 1423-13. The restricted panel must give its decision within a period of three months;
2° Refer the parties, if they so request or if the nature of the dispute so justifies, to the judgement committee referred to in Article L. 1423-12 chaired by the judge referred to in Article L. 1454-2. Article L. 1454-4 is not applicable.
Failing this, the case is referred back to the adjudication panel mentioned in Article L. 1423-12.
The panel hears all the parties’ claims, including additional or counterclaims.