Did You Know? On 18 June this year, it will be exactly 75 years since General de Gaulle broadcast his famous appeal on the BBC, urging the French to refuse capitulation and continue the fight against the Nazis. Note:

• June 18, 1940 – the original appeal was never recorded; only its text survives.
• June 22, 1940 – the only audio recording was made for posterity (its wording differs slightly from the 18 June text).
• July 2, 1940 – a filmed version was recorded for the cinematographic archives and is now available online.

A decision

Unsuccessful priority constitutional review (“QPC”) on the accrual of paid leave during work-related sick leave (Cass. soc., 28 May 2025 No. 25-40006)

In September 2023, the Court of Cassation set aside, in favour of EU law, the Labour Code provision limiting paid-leave accrual to one year during a work-accident or occupational-disease absence. To align with that ruling, Article 37 of Law No. 2024-364 (22 April 2024) removed the one-year cap—but without retroactive effect.

An employee seeking back pay for paid leave challenged the non-retroactivity of Article 37 via QPC; the Social Chamber declared the challenge inadmissible, noting the law post-dated her claim.

Implication: Confirms that retroactivity granted for non-work-related sick leave does not extend to work-related absences.

A news

Transposition of Directive 2023/970 on “Pay Transparency”: social-partner consultations were held on 21 May and 10 June 2025. The Ministry of Labour has identified 13 of the directive’s 37 articles requiring national measures. Key items include:

• Information Obligations (i) annual, written notification to employees of their right to access individual pay data and average pay levels by gender for work of equal value, (ii) provision, by any means, of the pay-calculation elements (classification categories and criteria, promotion criteria, job-evaluation methods) as per Article L.3221-6 of the Labour Code.
• Equal-Pay Index Revision: Publication of the first six indicators on the Ministry’s website: ((1) gender pay gap, (2) gender pay gap on variable/complementary components,(3) median gender pay gap, (4) median pay gap on variable/complementary components, (5) proportion of women and men receiving variable/complementary pay, (6) gender distribution across pay quartiles).
• “Equal Work, Equal Pay” Principle: expansion of evaluation beyond a single employer to include group, inter-company, or UES agreements.

(Ministry of Labor presentation document on the transposition of the “pay transparency” directive, June 6, 2025).

An announcement

ANACT “Quality of Life & Working Conditions” Week: 

• 16–20 June 2025: 50 national and regional events (conferences, webinars, workshops)Audience: Employers, managers, HR, employee representatives, safety officers
• Aim: Share best practices and experiences to enhance workplace dialogue and mental-health support

Mental-Health Focus: Online toolkit with resources for understanding and action, two open webinars, co-organised with the Ministry of Labour, ANACT, Occupational-Risk Insurance, the National research and safety institute (INRS) and the Association for the management of funds for the professional integration of people with disabilities (AGEFIPH), covering:

• Prevention of psychosocial risks
• Integration and retention of employees facing mental-health challenges