{"id":843,"date":"2020-01-06T23:18:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T23:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cecile-zakine.fr\/?page_id=843"},"modified":"2025-04-27T23:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T21:41:14","slug":"lemployeur-est-il-responsable-de-la-securite-de-ses-salaries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cecile-zakine.fr\/en\/lemployeur-est-il-responsable-de-la-securite-de-ses-salaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the employer responsible for the safety of his employees? Answer from Antibes-based law firm Zakine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As a lawyer specialising in employee safety, Ma\u00eetre Zakine, a Doctor of Law, is well versed in this field due to his training and experience. Indeed, the employer is responsible for his employees specifically in relation to their safety.<\/p>\n
He has an obligation of results and of means. 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header_3_font_size_tablet=\u00a0\u00bb22px\u00a0\u00bb header_3_font_size_phone=\u00a0\u00bb20px\u00a0\u00bb header_3_font_size_last_edited=\u00a0\u00bbon|phone\u00a0\u00bb header_2_text_shadow_style=\u00a0\u00bbpreset2″ text_text_align=\u00a0\u00bbjustify\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n Duty of care and damages: occupational health and safety is meaningful and responsible<\/i><\/p>\n \u2756 Company X, a user of chemicals and machinery, is concerned about the health and safety of its employees. <\/strong><\/p>\n How should it proceed to implement its security obligation in the most effective way possible?<\/a> ? \u2756 What about employment relations? Does the safety obligation also apply to the prevention of moral or sexual harassment in the workplace? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Mrs D., an employee of company X for 12 years, had been bullied for some time by her superior and even by the switchboard operator who had been with the company for a year. <\/strong> \u2756 Can workplace violence lead to employer liability?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Mrs D... was finally violated by the switchboard operator who did not accept orders from her colleague? <\/strong> When an employee is the victim of an attack by another colleague on his workplace<\/a>, the employer's liability may be incurred. \u27a3 The consequences of violence in the workplace can be particularly damaging to society.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The employer is considered to have failed in his obligation of result when the employee has been the victim of violence by another colleague, even if he had taken the necessary measures to stop the behaviour. <\/i><\/p>\n The employee will not even have to show that the employer was aware of a conflict between the assaulted employee and another colleague but did nothing to stop it. It is sufficient that the facts occurred for the employer to be found liable.<\/p>\n Mrs D... could therefore engage the responsibility of her employer and even initiate an action before the Conseil de Prud'hommes with a view to requalifying her termination of employment as a dismissal without real and serious cause. <\/strong><\/p>\n In short, great care should be taken when relations between colleagues tend to deteriorate, as an act of violence against an employee necessarily entails the employer's responsibility. If the employer has not taken all the necessary measures to ensure the health - physical and mental - of his employees, his inexcusable fault may be recognised. <\/i> Ms D.... was finally given time off work and her burnout was covered by the legislation on occupational risks. In other words, Ms D....'s burn out was recognised as an occupational disease<\/strong><\/p>\n Scheme of the action for recognition of the inexcusable fault action :<\/strong><\/p>\n - Recognition of the occupational disease or [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.0.7″ text_font=\u00a0\u00bbCormorant Garamond||||||||\u00a0\u00bb text_text_color=\u00a0\u00bb#5e5e5e\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size=\u00a0\u00bb20px\u00a0\u00bb text_line_height=\u00a0\u00bb1.9em\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size_tablet=\u00a0\u00bb20px\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size_phone=\u00a0\u00bb19px\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size_last_edited=\u00a0\u00bbon|phone\u00a0\u00bb locked=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb]Tentative de conciliation entre la victime et l\u2019employeur sur la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 de la faute inexcusable, sur le montant de la majoration et sur les indemnit\u00e9s correspondant aux damages<\/a> extrapatrimoniaux que la victime soutient avoir subi[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.14.6″ custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb0px|0px|34px|0px|false|false\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4″ _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb3.26.3″ custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb50px|||\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding_tablet=\u00a0\u00bb0px|||\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding_phone=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding_last_edited=\u00a0\u00bbon|tablet\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding__hover=\u00a0\u00bb|||\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.0.7″ text_font=\u00a0\u00bbCormorant Garamond||||||||\u00a0\u00bb text_text_color=\u00a0\u00bb#5e5e5e\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size=\u00a0\u00bb20px\u00a0\u00bb text_line_height=\u00a0\u00bb1.9em\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size_tablet=\u00a0\u00bb20px\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size_phone=\u00a0\u00bb19px\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size_last_edited=\u00a0\u00bbon|phone\u00a0\u00bb locked=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb]\u00c0 d\u00e9faut d’accord des parties, la victime initie une action en reconnaissance de la faute inexcusable devant le TGI P\u00f4le socialIS THE EMPLOYER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF HIS EMPLOYEES IN THE WORKPLACE?<\/h3>\n
Company X should be aware that this obligation covers working conditions, working time and labour relations.
To this end, it is incumbent on him to implement protective measures upstream, in particular individual and collective equipment when employees handle dangerous products or when the employee is required to work in noise or perform repetitive movements. <\/span><\/p>\n
Company X must take the necessary measures to put an end to these acts against Mrs D. <\/i>
If it fails to do so, company X may be held liable for failing to take the necessary measures to protect its employees. prevention of this occupational risk<\/a> under its safety obligation.
Harassment can be carried out between colleagues at any level of the hierarchy.<\/p>\n
Company X wonders whether only the operator will be held responsible for this act of violence. It fears that it will be held liable for its own actions. <\/i><\/p>\n
The victim may even request that the dismissal be reclassified as a dismissal without real and serious cause.<\/p>\n
The employer must act upstream to prevent violence, moral harassment and psychosocial risks in order to preserve both the physical and mental health of its employees
Prevention can be achieved through the employer's power to impose a disciplinary sanction on the harassing colleague.<\/i><\/p>\nBEWARE OF THE RECOGNITION OF INEXCUSABLE FAULT!<\/h3>\n
Will Mrs D. be able to bring an action for recognition of her employer's inexcusable fault because of the violence she suffered? <\/strong>
Insofar as the employer was or should have been aware of the danger to his employee, his inexcusable fault may be recognised and he may be held liable for breach of the safety obligation.<\/p>\nINEXCUSABLE FAULT IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT AT WORK OR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE<\/h3>\n
of the accident at work by the Caisse primaire d'assurance maladie<\/p>\n
\nLa charge de la preuve de la faute inexcusable incombe \u00e0 la victime[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.0.7″ text_font=\u00a0\u00bbCormorant Garamond||||||||\u00a0\u00bb text_text_color=\u00a0\u00bb#5e5e5e\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size=\u00a0\u00bb20px\u00a0\u00bb text_line_height=\u00a0\u00bb1.9em\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size_tablet=\u00a0\u00bb20px\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size_phone=\u00a0\u00bb19px\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size_last_edited=\u00a0\u00bbon|phone\u00a0\u00bb locked=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb]La victime (ou ses ayants droit) peuvent demander une majoration de la rente ou du capital allou\u00e9 par la CPAM ainsi que la r\u00e9paration des pr\u00e9judices extrapatrimoniaux (pr\u00e9judice esth\u00e9tique, pr\u00e9judice moral, d\u2019agr\u00e9ment etc\u2026), pr\u00e9judice li\u00e9 aux souffrances physiques, frais d\u2019am\u00e9nagement, [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.0.7″ text_font=\u00a0\u00bbCormorant Garamond||||||||\u00a0\u00bb text_text_color=\u00a0\u00bb#5e5e5e\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size=\u00a0\u00bb20px\u00a0\u00bb text_line_height=\u00a0\u00bb1.9em\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size_tablet=\u00a0\u00bb20px\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size_phone=\u00a0\u00bb19px\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size_last_edited=\u00a0\u00bbon|phone\u00a0\u00bb locked=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb]Cons\u00e9quences financi\u00e8res pesant sur l’employeur en cas de faute inexcusable : versement d’une cotisation compl\u00e9mentaire ; remboursement des toutes les sommes vers\u00e9es par la CPAM \u00e0 la victime.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.14.6″ text_font=\u00a0\u00bbPoppins||||||||\u00a0\u00bb text_text_color=\u00a0\u00bb#000000″ text_font_size=\u00a0\u00bb18px\u00a0\u00bb text_line_height=\u00a0\u00bb1.8em\u00a0\u00bb max_width=\u00a0\u00bb100%\u00a0\u00bb max_width_tablet=\u00a0\u00bb100%\u00a0\u00bb max_width_phone=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb max_width_last_edited=\u00a0\u00bbon|desktop\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n