In addition to the information and consultation obligations linked to their general responsibilities,1Social and Economic Committees (“Comité Social et Economique” or "CSE") in French workplaces, which replace and merge all the employee representative bodies, staff representatives, works council, and health, safety and working conditions committee, must be informed and consulted in the event of a “restructuring and downsizing.”2What is their scope of intervention?
Cases Requiring Consultation
The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is proposing to allow bankruptcy trustees to take advantage of the agency’s Abandoned Plan Program regulations under ERISA to terminate, wind up, and distribute retirement plan benefits to former employees of bankrupt companies.