Collective employment relations

Next steps

Which elements belong together before the next step?

Employee representation: prepare election records
France and Switzerland use distinct employee-representation arrangements.
Collective redundancy: consultation and social plan
France and Switzerland impose distinct collective-redundancy and social-plan requirements.
Collective agreement: negotiation and validation records
France and Switzerland have different collective-agreement frameworks.
Profit-sharing: prepare the agreement and payments
France and Switzerland distinguish collective profit-sharing from employee equity and other remuneration.
Strike and collective action: organise the facts
France and Switzerland examine industrial action under different legal frameworks.
Equal pay: prepare the employer analysis
France and Switzerland impose different collective pay-analysis requirements.
Occupational risks: turn observations into prevention
France and Switzerland require employer prevention to be matched to real work and exposure.
Internal investigation: prepare a documented process
France and Switzerland require separate checks for a private employer investigating a workplace report.
Occupational retirement: affiliation and scheme changes
France and Switzerland use different occupational-retirement frameworks.
Labour inspection: prepare the employer response
France and Switzerland require inspection responses to follow the actual authority request and applicable framework.

Frequent questions

What other questions arise in this file?

Switzerland: how should candidates be followed up ?

Connect version, submission and relevant records. Intended and received candidacies differ.

travail : art. L2314-4 Service Public — Représentation du personnel : préparer les élections Fedlex 1994/1037_1037_1037/20110101/fr Fedlex 1994/1037_1037_1037/20110101/fr Fedlex 1994/1037_1037_1037/20110101/fr

Switzerland: why separate individual and collective amendments ?

Parties, effects and procedures differ and should not be merged.

travail : art. L2232-12 les negociations obligatoires dans lentreprise theme periodicite et deroulement CO-fr conventions collectives de travail principes

Switzerland: which review records should be retained ?

Keep checks, corrections and result versions with traceable changes.

travail : art. L1142-8 Service Public — Égalité salariale : préparer l’analyse de l’employeur LEg-fr egalite salariale logib

Switzerland: how should a provider change be prepared ?

Compare old and new agreement, required decisions and relevant worker involvement.

cmf : art. L224-23 www.service-public.gouv.fr LPP-fr organisation de la prevoyance professionnelle

Sources

Which official references should you consult?

travail : art. L2314-4legifrance.gouv.fr
Service Public — Représentation du personnel : préparer les électionsentreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr
Fedlex 1994/1037_1037_1037/20110101/frfedlex.admin.ch
Fedlex 1994/1037_1037_1037/20110101/frfedlex.admin.ch
Fedlex 1994/1037_1037_1037/20110101/frfedlex.admin.ch
travail : art. L1233-61legifrance.gouv.fr
Service Public — Licenciement collectif : consultation et plan socialentreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr
CO-frfedlex.admin.ch
licenciement collectifge.ch
obligations employeurge.ch
travail : art. L2232-12legifrance.gouv.fr
les negociations obligatoires dans lentreprise theme periodicite et deroulementcode.travail.gouv.fr
CO-frfedlex.admin.ch
conventions collectives de travail principesseco.admin.ch
travail : art. L3322-1legifrance.gouv.fr
Service Public — Participation aux bénéfices : préparer l’accordentreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr
Service Public — Participation aux bénéfices : préparer l’accordentreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr
CO-frfedlex.admin.ch
CO : Art. 322 afedlex.admin.ch
CO : Art. 323fedlex.admin.ch
travail : art. L2511-1legifrance.gouv.fr
Service Public — Grève et action collective : organiser les faitsservice-public.gouv.fr
CO-frfedlex.admin.ch
droit du travail generalites et contactsseco.admin.ch
travail : art. L1142-8legifrance.gouv.fr
Service Public — Égalité salariale : préparer l’analyse de l’employeurentreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr
LEg-frfedlex.admin.ch
egalite salariale logibebg.admin.ch
travail : art. L4121-1legifrance.gouv.fr
Service Public — Risques professionnels : du relevé au plan de préventionentreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr
CO-frfedlex.admin.ch
conditions de travailseco.admin.ch
travail : art. L1152-4legifrance.gouv.fr
Service Public — Enquête interne : préparer une procédure documentéeservice-public.gouv.fr
CO-frfedlex.admin.ch
LEg-frfedlex.admin.ch
prevenir le harcelement sexuel sur le lieu de travailebg.admin.ch
cmf : art. L224-23legifrance.gouv.fr
www.service-public.gouv.frservice-public.gouv.fr
LPP-frfedlex.admin.ch
organisation de la prevoyance professionnellebsv.admin.ch
travail : art. L8112-1legifrance.gouv.fr
Service Public — Inspection du travail : préparer la réponse de l’employeurservice-public.gouv.fr
inspections cantonales du travailseco.admin.ch
inspection federale du travail apercuseco.admin.ch

Texts cited last checked: 2 November 2026