Did you know? February is the shortest month of the year. Yet under the monthly salary system (mensualisation), an employee’s pay remains the same despite fewer calendar days—meaning the daily value of the salary is higher, especially in non-leap years.
Harassment: an internal investigation is not a mandatory step
When an employer is notified of conduct that may amount to sexual or moral harassment, it must—under its health and safety obligation—take steps to stop the situation and, where appropriate, sanction the perpetrator. However, the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) reiterates that evidence is freely admissible in employment proceedings and that no provision of the French Labor Code requires an employer to automatically open an internal investigation following a report.
In this case, the Court of Appeal held that the dismissal lacked real and serious cause because the employer had not conducted an internal investigation, even though the file contained detailed and consistent victim statements, witness evidence and other corroborating elements. The Cour de cassation overturned that approach: the absence of an internal investigation does not, in itself, deprive other evidence of its probative value.
In practice, while an internal investigation remains a helpful—and admissible—tool to substantiate harassment allegations, it is neither an obligatory evidentiary step nor an automatic condition for demonstrating compliance with the employer’s safety...
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