France’s social partners are set to continue consultation on the country’s labor law reforms until the end of July but already potential avenues for navigating between the different negotiations levels so as to afford more relevance to company agreements and for setting out arrangements for the future single (involving the merger of three currently separate bodies) personnel representation body have been emerging.
The consultation process was scheduled across three stages comprising, creating effective relationships between the different levels of negotiation, simplifying social and economic dialogue, and safeguarding employment relationships (c.f. article No. 10240).
Extending the scope for company negotiation. “Proposing more scope for company agreement influence in other areas”, thus the main direction for the Labor Ministry’s orientation document presented on 28 June after the first phase of consultation concluded. Company agreement primacy will become the mainstay apart from on issues where legislation or either sector or cross-industry negotiation prohibits any derogation to company level negotiation.
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