Intermittents workers (intermitttents du spectacle) : The Municipality of St. Etienne ordered to pay €100,000 to two baritone choristers following the reclassification of their 30-year fixed-term contracts as full-time permanent contracts (CPH St. Etienne, April 28, 2025)

The Municipality of Saint-Etienne has appealed the two judgments of the St. Etienne industrial tribunal.

Opera: The City again ordered by the industrial tribunal, two choristers granted tenure after 30 years of fixed-term contracts https://www.leprogres.fr/social/2025/05/23/opera-de-saint-etienne-la-ville-a-nouveau-condamnee-deux-choristes-titularises-apres-30-ans-de-cdd

In two judgments dated April 28th, 2025, the Saint-Étienne Industrial Tribunal ordered the Saint-Étienne Opera to pay each of the two intermittent choristers in the show €100,000.

The Trial Chamber of the Saint-Étienne Industrial Tribunal, Miscellaneous Activities Section, ruling publicly, in the presence of both parties, and in the first instance, after deliberating in accordance with the law:

DECLARES that it has jurisdiction;

ORDERS the reclassification of Mr. X's fixed-term employment contracts as full-time permanent contracts with seniority reinstated as of May 21, 1997;

SETS the gross monthly salary at €2,776;

ORDERS the Municipality of Saint-Étienne to pay Mr. X the following amounts:

- €8,328.00 net as reclassification compensation; - €83,144.60 gross in back pay for the period from September 1, 2021, to December 31, 2024;

- €8,314.46 gross in related paid leave;

- €5,550 net in compensation for concealing salaried employment;

DISSENSES Mr. X's other claims.

ORDERS the Municipality of Saint-Étienne to pay Mr. X the sum of €1,500 under Article 700 of the Code of Civil Procedure;

ORDERS provisional enforcement of the judgment in its entirety in accordance with Article 515 of the Code of Civil Procedure;

ORDERS statutory interest on the severance pay from the date the matter was referred to the Saint-Étienne Industrial Tribunal and for the other compensation from the date of delivery of this judgment; ORDERS the Municipality of Saint-Étienne to provide Mr. X with a summary pay slip, a work certificate, and a corrected France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi) certificate, subject to a penalty payment of €50 per day of delay from the date of this judgment;

ORDERS the Municipality of Saint-Étienne to pay the costs;

DISCRIMES the parties' claims for all their broader and conflicting claims;

Thus decided and made available on the day, month, and year above.

His baritone colleague was awarded equivalent amounts.

Frédéric CHHUM avocat et ancien membre du conseil de l’ordre des avocats de Paris (mandat 2019-2021)

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