Ar­bit­ra­tion in Em­ploy­ment Re­la­tion­ships in France

De­vel­op­ment sum­mary

Be­atrice Cas­tel­lane’s art­icle in the Journ­al of In­ter­na­tion­al Ar­bit­ra­tion ex­plains that French labour law is de­signed chiefly to pro­tect em­ploy­ees’ needs and there­fore pre­vails over private agree­ments. On that basis, it notes that ar­bit­ra­tion is seldom used in labour dis­putes in France and, where it is used, is es­sen­tially con­fined to dis­putes arising out of col­lect­ive agree­ments between na­tion­al or local unions of em­ploy­ers and em­ploy­ees.