Turlan, Frédéric

Six year after the reform of unions' representativeness, new measures were adopted to reform the representativeness of employer's organisations. A decree of 13 June finally implements article 29 of Law No. 2014-288 of 5 March 2014 ...

Employees in France are facing increasing pressure at work from several sources, according to a government survey. The greatest stress comes from having to work quickly, or having to keep up with a production line. The report also says more workers are having their pace of work monitored by a computer.

The General Public Sector Confederation (CGFP) have won the majority of seats in elections to the Chamber of Civil Servants and Public Employees.

Arduous working conditions and the harmful effects of electronic devices are among problems dealt with recently by occupational health and safety measures in France.

Proposals to extend maternity leave from 8 to 12 weeks for all women have been announced.

The new law empowers the government to take a range of measures to simplify social legislation by way of executive orders.

No new national agreements have been scheduled for 2015, but a number of evaluations of existing agreements are planned, as well as consultations on youth unemployment and employment classifications.

Tackling illegal work is a priority of the Minister of Labour for 2015 and curbing the fraudulent posting of workers is part of that drive.

The Employment Safeguarding Act requires companies to establish such a database to store information of an economic and social nature.

A French study into risk prevention in the construction sector set out to assess the link between prevention and performance. It looked at preventive measures in 101 companies introduced in an effort to improve safety for workers. The findings demonstrate to managers and employees that pro-active measures, far from hampering competitiveness, can in fact lead to an increase in economic performance.