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#JUSB2605353AOrder of March 20, 2026, regarding professional appraisals and recognition of the professional value of judicial registry service directors, senior court clerks, and clerks at the Ministry of Justice

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This order mandates yearly professional appraisals for directors, senior clerks, and clerks in the judicial services under the Ministry of Justice in France. The appraisals assess performance based on set criteria and detail training needs, job performance, and professional growth opportunities. It's important for affected staff to prepare for these evaluations and ensure their career objectives and training requirements align with the appraisal process.

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Key Changes

  • Introduces annual professional evaluations for judiciary service positions.
  • Details criteria for assessing job performance and training needs.
  • Outlines procedures for addressing appraisal disagreements.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Conduct yearly professional appraisals for all permanent civil servants in the judicial registry director, senior court clerk, and court clerk corps under the Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice supervisory hierarchy
operational
high

Notify the employee in writing of the appraisal date, time, and location at least 10 days in advance, accompanied by their job description and appraisal report form

Direct supervisors conducting appraisals
operational
medium

Conduct appraisals exclusively through the employee's direct supervisor, or if impossible, explicitly document the alternative supervisor in the report

Direct supervisors and Ministry of Justice management
operational
high

Include in appraisal reports: mandatory training completed, requested training, training received, training denied (if requested by employee), and professional experience gains on the position

Direct supervisors conducting appraisals
reporting
high

Evaluate employee performance using four criteria groups (professional competencies, service contribution, professional/relational capacities, management/project leadership) with ratings of excellent, very good, good, satisfactory, or insufficient

Direct supervisors conducting appraisals
reporting

Affected Parties

Directors in judicial servicesSenior court clerks and clerks in the Ministry of Justice

Tags

Judicial services,Professional appraisal,Employee performance