Background information

The ordinance postpones the next ballot to measure the trade union audience among employees in companies with fewer than eleven employees to be held in the first half of 2021, and the date of the next general renewal of the Labour court members (nominated by social partners) which shall be set no later than 31 December 2022. It also postpones the date of the next renewal of the members of the joint regional inter-professional committees.

Content of measure

The ordinance provides:

• Notwithstanding Article L. 2122-10-1 of the Labour Code, the next ballot to measure the trade union audience among employees in companies with fewer than eleven employees will be held in the first half of 2021, during a period set by order of the Minister of Labour.
• Notwithstanding Articles L. 1441-1 and L. 1441-2 of the Labour Code, the date of the next general renewal of the industrial tribunals shall be set by order no later than 31 December 2022. The terms of office of the prud'hommes counsellors in force on the date of entry into force of this Order shall be extended until that date. Employers shall grant employees of their undertaking who are members of a labour court, at their request and for the purposes of their continuing education, leave of absence up to a maximum of six days per year as an extension of the term of office.
• Notwithstanding Article L. 23-112-3 of the Labour Code, the date of the next renewal of the members of the joint regional inter-professional committees mentioned in Article L. 23-111-1 of the same Code shall be set no later than 31 December 2021. The term of office of the members of these commissions shall be extended until that date.

Use of measure

No data.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Employees in standard employment Workers in non-standard forms of employment	Applies to all businesses	Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
National government	No special funding required

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	Informed	Informed
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• No involvement
• Main level of involvement: Peak or cross-sectoral level

Involvement

No information. Probably that some social partners have been informally consulted.

Views and reactions

No information available.

Sources

• 01 April 2020: Ordonnance n° 2020-388 du 1er avril 2020 relative au report du scrutin de mesure de l'audience syndicale auprès des salariés des entreprises de moins de onze salariés et à la prorogation des mandats des conseillers prud'hommes et membres des commissions paritaires régionales interprofessionnelles (www.legifrance.gouv.fr)