Processed complaints
The complaint, lodged on 6 February 2004, relates to Article 1§2 (prohibition of all forms of discrimination in employment) of the Revised European Social Charter. It is alleged that under the Labour Code (Article L.122-45) numerous categories of workers are excluded from the protection against discrimination in employment.
- Case Document no. 1, Complaint registered at the Secretariat on 6 February 2004
- Case Document no. 2, Observations from the French Government on the admissibility
- Case Document no. 3, Lettre from Syndicat SUD Travail Affaires Sociales, including information on statute and mandate (French only)
- Case Document no. 4, Observations from the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) on the merits
- Case Document no. 5, Observations of the French Government on the merits
- Case Document no. 6, Response by Syndicat SUD Travail Affaires Sociales to the observations from the French Government on the merits
- Case Document no. 7, Supplementary observations by the French Government
The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 7 December 2004.
The European Committee of Social Rights concluded that there was a violation of Article 1§2 of the Revised European Social Charter and transmitted its report containing its decision on the merits of the complaint to the Parties and to the Committee of Ministers on 20 November 2005
The Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution ResChS(2006)5 on 12 July 2006.
Decision on admissibility of the Complaint 24/2004
Decision on the merits of the Complaint 24/2004
Resolution ResChS(2006)5 of the Committee of Ministers on 12 July 2006
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