The Labour Inspector will conduct an adversarial investigation during which the employee may, at his request, be assisted by a representative of his trade union.
Notwithstanding the previous paragraph, when the employee is included in a redundancy for economic reasons and the request concerns at least twenty-five employees benefiting from the protection provided for in article L. 2411-1, the Labour Inspector will give the employee the opportunity to present his written observations and, at his request, oral observations. On this occasion, the employee may, at his request, be assisted by a representative of his trade union. In addition, the Labour Inspector may conduct an adversarial investigation as defined in paragraph 1 of this article.
The Labour Inspector shall take his decision within two months. This period runs from receipt of the application for authorisation to dismiss. If the request remains silent for more than two months, the decision is deemed to have been rejected.