Labor Disputes and Pretrial Settlements: The French Case

Jean-Christian Tisserand

A chapter in Healthcare Antitrust, Settlements, and the Federal Trade Commission, 2018, vol. 28, pp 345-373 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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.

Keywords: Bargaining; labor courts; empirical analysis; settlement; Litigation; Real data; K31; K41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1108/S0193-589520180000028006

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