On 10 September at an informal national press conference French Labor Minister Muriel Pénicaud presented a summary of President Macron’s series of ordinances that aimed to overhaul the country’s Labor Code and that was implemented over the past seven months. Noteworthy was the observation of a continual reduction in the number of disputes proceedings, in line with the Government’s stated goal. The Minister also presented data relating to other areas including the merging of representation bodies, and recourse to referenda, which she argued ‘evidences a culture change’.
Fewer dispute proceedings going before the labor tribunal. Presented as a means of giving employment relations more legal security, President Macron’s set of Labor Code reform ordinances (c.f. article No. 10330) set a mandatory threshold for damages and interest payments in cases of unfair dismissals. The threshold system aims to augment predictability in terms of outcomes and as such prioritize the negotiations avenue over that of legal recourse.
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