Labor Disputes and Pretrial Settlements: The French Case
Healthcare Antitrust, Settlements, and the Federal Trade Commission
ISBN: 978-1-78756-600-2, eISBN: 978-1-78756-599-9
Publication date: 29 August 2018
Abstract
This chapter focuses on dispute resolution in French labor courts. We empirically investigate the forces that shape decision-making in the pretrial conciliation phase. For that purpose, we compiled a new database from legal documents. The results are twofold. First, conciliation is less likely when plaintiffs are assisted by a lawyer. Although this result might be interpreted in various ways, further analysis shows that the lawyers’ remuneration scheme is the most likely cause of this effect. Second, we find that the likelihood of settlement decreases as the amount at stake increases. These results contribute to the ongoing debate about French labor court reform.
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Acknowledgment
We express our sincere thanks to Romain Espinosa and Claudine Desrieux for their valuable comments on an early version of this chapter.
Citation
Tisserand, J.-C. (2018), "Labor Disputes and Pretrial Settlements: The French Case", Healthcare Antitrust, Settlements, and the Federal Trade Commission (Research in Law and Economics, Vol. 28), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 345-373. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0193-589520180000028006
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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