Import Requete Cph Licenciement Faute Grave

Import: Requête CPH — Licenciement pour Faute Grave (France)

What it does

This import adapter migrates a CPH pleading skill for gross-misconduct dismissal into the mini-claude-for-legal standard format. The Conseil de Prud'hommes (CPH) is the French specialised labour tribunal that handles employment disputes. A requête (claim form) is the initiating document: it sets out the parties, the facts, the legal basis, and the relief sought.

In a licenciement pour faute grave (dismissal for gross misconduct), the employer bears the burden of proving the faute grave. If the employer fails, the employee is entitled to: the notice period (préavis), the statutory dismissal indemnity (indemnité de licenciement), and damages for dismissal without cause réelle et sérieuse (under the Barème Macron scale).

Import config

Dry-run preview

IMPORT PREVIEW — requete-CPH-licenciement-faute-grave
Source shape        : CPH pleading template (faute grave)
Claim type          : contest of licenciement pour faute grave
Qualification       : Code du Travail Art L1234-1, L1234-5, L1234-9
Barème Macron       : enabled
Procedure phase     : bureau de conciliation (first phase)
Relief              : [requires ancienneté + salaire input]
Output              : requête_cph_fr

CPH procedure overview

The CPH process for an individual employment dispute follows these stages:

1. Requête — filed by the plaintiff (usually the salarié); submitted to the CPH registry; must include parties' identities, summary of facts, legal basis, and relief sought.
2. Bureau de conciliation et d'orientation (BCO) — compulsory conciliation hearing; parties must attend or be represented; if conciliation fails, case referred to bureau de jugement.
3. Bureau de jugement — full hearing before two employer-side and two employee-side judges (paritaire); written submissions and oral argument.
4. Délibéré et jugement — decision typically within 2–6 months of hearing; may be rendered immediately or at a later date.
5. Appel — appeal to Cour d'appel (chambre sociale) within 1 month of notification of judgment.

Requête: mandatory content checklist

• Identification du demandeur — name, address, status (salarié)
• Identification du défendeur — employer name, SIREN, registered address
• Contrat de travail — type, date, classification, remuneration (reference to pay slips)
• Faits — chronological narrative of: the events constituting alleged faute grave, the disciplinary procedure (convocation, entretien), and the lettre de licenciement
• Contestation des motifs — legal challenge to the stated faute grave (evidence that the facts are inaccurate, insufficient for faute grave, or that procedure was defective)
• Qualification juridique — application of Code du Travail
• Demande indemnitaire — itemised relief (see below)
• Pièces — list of supporting documents (contract, pay slips, lettre de licenciement, exchange of correspondence)

Demande indemnitaire (relief calculation)

For a successful contest of licenciement pour faute grave, the salarié claims:

Barème Macron caps (see import-notification-licenciement for full scale): applies to the dommages-intérêts for dismissal without cause réelle et sérieuse; does NOT apply to préavis or statutory indemnity.

Common defences by the employer (anticipate and rebut)

1. The facts constituting faute grave are established and uncontested
2. The disciplinary procedure was properly followed
3. The proportionality of the sanction was appropriate
4. Prior warnings support the conclusion of faute grave
5. The salarié's conduct breached a clear employer policy or professional obligation

Failure modes

Related skills

• [[import-notification-licenciement]]
• [[draft-lettre-licenciement-fr]]
• [[kb-employment-law-fr]]
• [[review-employment-termination]]
• [[import-legal-risk-assessment-zacharie-laik]]