French Labour Code
In forceI.-For the application of the second paragraph of Article L. 7345-7, the Employment Platforms Social Relations Authority is referred to by electronic means.
The referral file shall include:
1° The name of the platform and of the self-employed worker(s) involved in the dispute. When the matter is referred to the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d'emploi by a platform, the request shall include the identity of its legal representative and its articles of association and, if known, the postal and electronic addresses and the SIREN number of the self-employed workers;
2° A detailed statement of the subject of the dispute;
3° A copy of the written complaint referred to in 1° of Article L. 7345-9 or, where the procedures for resolving disputes are set out in the contract, evidence that a prior attempt has been made to resolve the dispute in accordance with the procedures set out in the contract;
4° A sworn statement, presented by the person making the referral, to the effect that the dispute has not been examined and is not being examined in the context of another mediation procedure or by a court;
5° Where a referral is made to the Employment Platforms Social Relations Authority by a representative appointed pursuant to Article L. 7343-12, evidence that he has received a mandate from one or more self-employed workers mentioned in Article L. 7341-1 to make the referral and represent him during the mediation process.
II - Upon receipt of the referral file, the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d'emploi will notify the platform and the self-employed workers involved in the dispute of its referral.
When a referral is made to the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d'emploi by a platform referred to in Article L. 7343-1, the notification shall inform the self-employed worker of the obligation, if he wishes to take part in the mediation, to appoint, within two months, a representative designated in application of Article L. 7343-12 so that this representative can take part in the mediation on his behalf. Where no representative appointed in application of this article provides evidence that he or she has received a mandate from one or more self-employed workers to represent them during the mediation process within two months of notification, the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d'emploi shall terminate the mediation, where applicable only in respect of those self-employed workers who are not represented.
When a matter is referred to the Employment Platforms Social Relations Authority by a representative appointed pursuant to Article L. 7343-12, the notification shall inform the platform that it has two months in which to agree to take part in mediation. Failing acceptance within this period, the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d'emploi shall terminate the mediation.
When the Employment Platforms Social Relations Authority is informed of the refusal of the platform or the worker to take part in mediation, it terminates the mediation, where appropriate only in respect of the self-employed worker who has refused to take part in mediation.
