- The Marseilles Appeals Court struck down a decision to approve a redundancy scheme (Plan de sauvegarde de l’emploi), having ascertained that the Health & Safety Committee was irregular: the Labour Authorities had failed to check that said Committee had been duly and properly constituted (CAA Marseille 26 août 2015 n° 15MA02165).
- Where an employee fails to notify his employer of the fact that he has been placed on remand (détention provisoire), this may qualify as serious misconduct (Cass. soc. 20 mai 2015 n° 14-10.270 F-D).
- There is a presumption of fairness, where a Collective Agreement excludes upper-echelon white-collar workers (cadres) from enjoyment of a length-of-service bonus granted to the rest of the workforce (Cass. soc. 18 juin 2015 n° 13-22.972 F-D).
- The URSSAF, following an audit, need not adhere to a deadline in forwarding its comments to the company concerned (Cass. 2e civ. 28 mai 2015 n° 14-17.618 FS-P).
- Issue before the Court: Where a worker, previously on a fixed-term contract, is hired under an indefinite-term contract by the same company, what becomes of the statutory indemnity for “precarious employment” granted on expiry of a fixed-term contract? (Cass. soc. 7 juillet 2015 n° 13-17.195 F-P).
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