Pending complaints
The complaint was registered on 28 July 2017. It relates to article 6§4 (the right to bargain collectively – collective action). The CGT alleges that the so-called rule of indivisible thirtieth (which means that any absence from work during a day leads to a salary deduction of an amount equal to a thirtieth part of a monthly salary, each month being deemed to contain 30 days) provided by law 87-588 of 30 July 1987, which applies to strikes less than one day in the public service entails an unjustified violation of the right to strike of public officials.
Case document No. 1, Complaint registered on 28 July 2017
Case document No. 2, Submissions by the Government on the merits (French only)
The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 23 January 2018.
Decision on admissibility of the Complaint No. 155/2017
Decision on the merits of the Complaint No. 155/2017
Recommendation CM/RecChS(2023)2 of the Committee of Ministers on 6 September 2023
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