France: CNE does not comply with ILO rules

Seized with a claim from the LO union, the ILO - International Labour Office - judged, in a report published on November 14, 2007, that the provisions of the ordinance 2005-883 of the French government introducing the contract for new employment (CNE) did not respect Convention 158 on termination of employment : the two-year period during which the contract can be terminated with no reason is not reasonable and the lack of a valid reason is contrary to international standards. (Ref. 070940)
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Two-year exclusion from common dismissal law is not reasonable. The CNE’s very principle is to not apply common dismissal law to people employed with this contract for a two-year period, called the “period for employment consolidation” which “enables employers to measure the economic viability and development prospects of their enterprise”. The ILO’s Convention No. 158 indeed allows a few temporary derogations from dismissal law provided, notably, that this exclusion period should be of reasona

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