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de la preuve de l’abus revient au salarié et cela le fragilise beaucoup », affaires concernant plusieurs employés de jeux de la Société des
explique Olivier Cardot de l’USM qui milite « pour l’obligation de motiver Bains de Mer (exigeant qu’à travail égal ils aient le même salaire)
le licenciement dans la lettre de licenciement ». sont venues ainsi gonfler les chiffres.

Les affaires en cours De nombreux dossiers de harcèlement
4 Selon les statistiques, les stocks ont baissé ces deux dernières 5 « La loi de 2017 sur le harcèlement est la principale modification
années. Il y a 213 dossiers en cours dont 59 affaires nouvelles en du droit du travail qui n’a pas changé ces dernières années. Il y a eu
2022/2023 devant le bureau de jugement du Tribunal du Travail. une augmentation des dossiers de harcèlement à partir de 2020
Pourquoi cette diminution ? « C’est parfois lié aux affaires liées. Il suivie d’une stabilisation des saisines. On est sur une moyenne de
arrive de manière cyclique qu’un conflit individuel concernant plusieurs 10% de dossiers de harcèlement contre 5% avant 2020 », explique
salariés vienne devant le tribunal du travail », explique Cyrielle Colle. Cyrielle Colle. Avant même la loi, la question du harcèlement était
Dans le stock actuel, une centaine de dossiers concernent ainsi traitée par le tribunal du travail sous l’angle de l’exécution de bonne
l’application de la même convention collective. Dans le passé, d’autres foi du contrat de travail.

An Atypical Employment Tribunal By Milena Radoman

The Employment Tribunal settles conflicts related to the execution or termination of the employment
contract and here we go into more detail.

The singularity of its composition do not reach an agreement in conciliation, Cardot of the USM, who is campaigning “for
1 The organisation of the Employment the case is referred to the adjudication panel, the obligation to provide reasons for dismissal
Tribunal resembles that of French industrial when pleadings are made in a hearing. Before in the dismissal letter.”
tribunals with a conciliation procedure and an the judgement, each case is debated by five
adjudication panel; but the notable difference people. “My role is to identify legal issues, Current affairs
is that the adjudication panel, which includes explain the state of the law and case law. We 4 According to statistics, the number of

two employees and two employers, is presided discuss it together and there is no casting cases has declined over the past two years.
over by a professional magistrate or Justice of vote,” specifies Cyrielle Colle JP, recalling There are 213 ongoing cases including 59
the Peace (JP). There is no preaching or bias that “fairness must prevail in the judgement new in 2022/2023 before the adjudication
within this tribunal chaired by an employer, of situations.” panel. Why this decrease? “Sometimes it’s
Michel Gramaglia, and an employee, Karim related business. It happens cyclically that
Tabchiche, Deputy General Secretary of the Most disputes against employers an individual conflict concerning several
USM Monaco Union of Trade Unions. “From 3 The nature of the disputes dealt with employees comes before the Employment

the first judging phase, we make a collective by the Employment Tribunal is very varied Tribunal,” explains Cyrielle Colle. Currently,
decision with five people. Each employer and and includes cases of harassment, abusive around 100 files concern the application
employee representative has an impartial and renewal of fixed-term contracts, non- of the same collective agreement. In the
fair view of the files. They are all aware of their compliant application of Article 6...The vast past, other cases concerning several casino
mission and their oath. They are demanding majority of complaints come from employees. employees of the Société des Bains de Mer
of their peers. Like magistrates, they have an “From time to time, we have claims from (requiring that they have the same salary for
impediment clause: if they feel too involved employers against employees for violations of equal work) also inflated the figures.
in a conflict, they withdraw,” explains Cyrielle non-competition clauses or reimbursements
Colle, President of the adjudication panel of notice pay – but this is not common. Numerous harassment cases
and the Employment Tribunal. Please note More than half of the disputes concern 5 “The Harassment Act 2017 is the main

that the 48 assessors (24 employers and 24 dismissals. There are many disputes about modification to employment law that has
employees, appointed for six years) are all the reasons used by the employer to dismiss not changed in recent years. There was an
volunteers. the employee. Article 6, ie dismissal without increase in harassment cases from 2020
cause, concerns 15 to 20% of dismissals followed by a stabilisation of referrals. We
What is the procedure? (10% of overall cases),” estimates Cyrielle have an average of 10% of harassment
2 The application initiating proceedings, Colle. “This is huge and suggests that there cases compared to 5% before 2020,” explains
downloadable from the website service-public. are many more dismissals without cause Cyrielle Colle. Even before the law, the issue of
gouv.mc, must be sent to the Employment in Monaco, since very few go to court to harassment was dealt with by the Employment
Tribunal, in order to obtain a summons contest a reason for which employees have Tribunal in terms of the execution of the
for a conciliation hearing to find common not given an explanation. Legally, the burden employment contract in good faith.
ground. This obligatory conciliation phase of proof of abuse falls on employees and
is a Monégasque specificity. If the parties this weakens them greatly,” explains Olivier

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