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Macron Ordinances: the ultimate step of a social reform
Par Eva Chekroun et Jennifer Carrel
The French Constitutional Council has been seized in order to verify the compliance with the French Constitution of the Ratification Act of the “Macron” ordinances, reforming the French Labour Code. On March 21, 2018, the Constitutional Council has published its decision: practically the entirety of the Act has been validated. The ordinances will acquire force of law, as soon as they will be adapted and published on the Official Journal, in a few days. Most of the reform is validated The French Constitutional Council has ruled that the following measures were compliant with the French Constitution:- The new collective agreements hierarchy and the possibility to negotiate within the Company without union representatives (consultation of the employees on small to medium-sized enterprise, for example);
- The merger of the personnel representatives bodies to create a single body for social dialogue: the social and economic council (SEC);
- The collective contractual termination bargaining agreement;
- The scale proving the level of the damages in case of unfair dismissal;
- The scope of the economic ground and redeployment applicable in case of redundancies: the national level.
Max Mietkiewicz
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m.mietkiewicz@uggc.com