#2026-467France updates rules for permanent contract staff at agricultural public agencies
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This decree changes how individual staff matters and disciplinary sanctions are handled for permanent contract employees at several French public bodies in the agriculture sector. It creates or updates an inter-agency joint consultative committee, with equal representation from management and staff, to review individual cases involving these employees. It also revises the disciplinary scale. A short unpaid suspension of up to three days is added, some longer exclusion periods are extended, and rules are set for suspended sanctions and the later removal of certain sanctions from employee records. The practical impact is mainly internal: HR teams and staff representatives in the affected agencies will need to apply the new committee and discipline rules.
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Key Changes
- Creates or updates an inter-agency joint consultative committee for individual staff matters involving permanent contract employees
- Adds a new disciplinary sanction: unpaid temporary exclusion from duties for up to three days
- Updates rules on longer exclusions, suspended sanctions, and removal of certain sanctions from employee records
Obligations
What this law requires
Establish and use an inter-agency joint consultative committee for the employee groups covered by Article 4 to examine individual matters concerning permanent contract agents.
Ensure the inter-agency joint consultative committee has equal numbers of administration representatives and staff representatives, with the number of full staff representatives set by ministerial order of the agriculture minister.
Adopt a decision determining the organization and functioning of the inter-agency joint consultative committee, including procedures for designating representatives of contract agents in compliance with the relevant ministerial order.
When applying disciplinary measures to covered permanent contract agents, include temporary unpaid exclusion from duties for a maximum of three days as a disciplinary sanction.
When applying the revised disciplinary scale, treat the sanction period formerly capped at six months as capped at one year.