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Of "Conti" are offered a position in Tunisia …

"What cynicism. Even Tunisians do not want these jobs, "growls the CGT delegate Xavier Mathieu, charismatic leader of the revolt of the" Conti "last spring. It is with astonishment that 600 of 1120 employees of the factory Continental Clairoix, dismissed for economic reasons in 2009, have indeed received Monday by letter a proposal for reclassification to Bizerte in Tunisia, paid 260 dinars per month, or 137 euro for work production operator.

"This is a provocation for the leadership against workers' protests Xavier Mathieu, who still disputes the validity of redundancies delivered last year. For its part, the management who had already offered 240 jobs to the "Conti" Clairoix, denies having voluntarily submitted to its employees offers reclassifications shocking."We have a legal obligation to offer any position available internally to employees dismissed for economic reasons," replies one of the leaders of the group communication. In May 2009, the manufacturer of socks Olympia had indeed been ordered to pay 2.5 million euros in compensation to former employees for not having their proposed reclassification in Romania.

"We are caught between the hammer and the anvil," argues he said. "The company is liable to prosecution in court or at the outcry" no credit check payday loans. In February last, the management of Philips had also provoked outrage by suggesting positions in Hungary, "with practice of the Hungarian language required," according to the communique.

"There is a general principle, and good faith"

But if the Labor Code does provide an obligation for the company to propose a reclassification of its workers, under penalty of being condemned for termination "without cause real and serious", the legislation also establishes a hierarchy of offers to propose Me says Lopes dos Santos Ravisy cabinet. The company has an obligation to seek first an equivalent position within it – not in one of these subsidiaries as is the case for employees Clairoix – and in France. It is a last resort, if no vacancy can be found under these conditions, the company can offer a post abroad. "In this area, there is a general principle, and the good faith belief that the judge is also able to take into account," said Mr. Lopes dos Santos.

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