High Council for Social Dialogue

In France, the High Council for Social Dialogue (Haut Conseil du Dialogue Social) is a body established by the law of 20 August 2008

on the renovation of social democracy and reform of working hours

High Council for Social Dialogue

Haut Conseil du Dialogue Social
Formation	20 August 2008
Purpose	Review and recognition of trade union representativeness
Headquarters	France
Parent organization	Ministry of Labour

and is attached to the services of the Ministry of Labour. Its mission is to finalize, every four years, the list of trade unions recognized as representative by professional branch and at the national and interprofessional levels. It also provides recommendations to the minister of labour on the application of laws related to union representativeness.

Composition

The council consists of:

• 5 full members and 5 alternates designated by national and interprofessional employee trade unions.
• 5 full members and 5 alternates designated by nationally representative employer organizations.
• 3 representatives from the Ministry of Labour.
• 3 qualified individuals appointed by the prime minister upon the proposal of the minister of labour.^[1]

The prime minister designates one of these three qualified individuals as the chairperson of the sessions. Members serve a five-year term.

The council was inaugurated on 5 March 2009 by Brice Hortefeux, then minister of labour, social relations, family, solidarity, and urban affairs. The first chairperson was Yannick Moreau, section president at the Council of State.

Members appointed by the Decree of June 5, 2014

Qualified individuals and representatives from the Ministry of Labour^[2]

Name	Title
Jean-Denis Combrexelle	Qualified individual, chairperson of the sessions
Gilles Bélier	Qualified individual
Yves Struillou	Director General of Labour
Françoise Bouygard	Director of Research, Studies, and Statistics
Laurent Vilboeuf	Regional Director for Enterprises, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour, and Employment

Members designated by trade unions and employers^[2]

Full member	Alternate	Organization
Jean-François Pilliard	Sandra Aguettaz	MEDEF
Geneviève Roy	Georges Tissie	CGPME
Daniel Parent	Pierre Burban	UPA
Gérard Goupil	Marie-Françoise Gondard-Argenti	UNAPL
Claude Cochonneau	Anne-Sophie Forget	FNSEA
Gisèle Vidallet	Jacques Eliez	CGT
Marcel Grignard	Joëlle Delair	CFDT
Marie-Alice Medeuf Andrieu	Sandra Mitterrand	CGT-FO
Joseph Thouvenel	Bernard Sagez	CFTC
Jean-Michel Pecorini	Christiane Lefeuvre	CFE-CGC

The composition of the council has been updated several times since 2014. The official website provides the most recent list.