While amicable dispute resolution methods are flourishing in many countries, mediation remains marginal in French employment law: an analysis. Yet its advantages…

Workers with disabilities who face prejudice or belittlement can thus try to establish dialogue before the conflict escalates. The mediation provided for by Article L1152-6 of the French Labour Code remains a…

Victims find it very difficult to assess the consequences and after-effects of an accident or assault on their mental health. Invisible, subjective and difficult to quantify, non-pecuniary loss nevertheless…

When an insured person wrongly receives social security benefits, they must repay them in full, even if the error was made by the fund. In a decision of…

Case law sets the conditions for the admissibility of this means of evidence, which is very useful in discrimination cases: an explanation. The French Court of Cassation allows the use of anonymised witness statements, subject to strict conditions. This…

When damage worsens after an initial accident, can the victim claim compensation if the initial harm was never compensated? The French Court of Cassation gave a clear answer to this question…

Dismissed for gross misconduct, an employee in the medico-social sector obtains final compensation for vexatious dismissal: an analysis. How is dismissal for gross misconduct defined? Gross misconduct is defined as…

Two administrative courts have ordered the State to compensate families for their non-pecuniary loss. Preliminary remarks: the reader will not fail to notice that these two decisions were handed down…

The mother and guardian of an adult obtains, independently of her ex-husband and co-guardian, a disability compensation benefit for additional transport costs: the story. I – The facts: Mr and Mrs X have a child who has…

The principle of full compensation means that the amount awarded for third-party assistance cannot be reduced, even where that assistance is provided by a member…