On the eve of the holding, Saturday, December 11, in Paris, of the Federal Assembly of the French Football Federation (FFF), the leaders of the body would have preferred to do without such a court decision. According to information from the team, confirmed by The world, the administrative court of Paris canceled, Friday, December 10, the validation made by the labor administration of the social plan launched in May by the director general of the FFF, Florence Hardouin.
This so-called job protection plan (PSE) provided for the elimination of 18 jobs (against 26 initially), allegedly due to the economic consequences of the Covid-19 epidemic.
Nine employees affected by this measure, which was the subject of a majority agreement signed in July and which aimed to achieve savings of 2 million euros, had filed, in September, an appeal before the administrative court of Paris. After the cancellation of the PSE by the courts, the applicants can now turn to the labor courts for compensation.
Victims of “targeting and discrimination”
In the brief filed by their lawyer before the Paris court, several employees considered themselves victims of “Targeting and discrimination”, especially following a “Denunciation of acts of sexual harassment”.
The brief also mentioned cases of “Discrimination on grounds of health and pregnancy”, as well as “Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation”. The document recalled that “Several employees feared they would find themselves targeted as part of [la] new electoral mandate ” de Noël Le Graët, 79, was reappointed in March as President of the FFF for a fourth term.
The brief argued that the FFF “Manifestly breached its statutory provisions”, Insofar as “It was only after the signing of the collective agreement on the PES that the executive committee of the FFF was simply informed of the current project”.
“No deliberation by the executive committee validated the redundancy plan for economic reasons, wrote the applicants’ lawyer. Mme Hardouin therefore did not have the quality to sign the majority collective agreement relating to the content of the PSE within the FFF. “
To justify its decision, the administrative tribunal noted that the director general of the FFF did not have the ” skill “ for “Sign the majority agreement”, “Being deprived of the capacity to represent the employer” insofar as the PES has not been voted “By the federal assembly for the provisional budget 2021-2022”, nor validated by the executive committee.
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