Serious and imminent danger: When can the emergency notification procedure and the employee’s right to stop work be challenged?

Written by Pascale Lagesse and Geoffrey Gury

Published in the HR law journal “Les Cahiers du DRH – Lamy Liaisons”

The “droit d’alerte” emergency notification procedure whereby employees may notify their employer of a serious and imminent danger is caught between the employer’s obligation to protect workers’ health and the risk of abuse of the procedure—or even its exploitation in a sometimes tense social climate—is currently generating as much misunderstanding as it is litigation. As use of the procedure has increased, the question of the conditions for implementing the procedure, its scope, and its interaction with the right to stop work, has become key. Read more