Overview

• The tribunal administratif de Lille on September 23 invalidated Auchan’s PSE covering 2,389 planned job cuts.
• Judges found two defects: the group-level agreement lacked signatures from unions in each of the five affected entities and employee representatives received incomplete economic information.
• The court said disclosures should have included data from Mulliez-linked companies exercising joint control over Suraumarché, specifically Acanthe, Valorest and Cimofat.
• The challenge was brought by the CGT commerce federation, Auchan’s CSE and several employees, and the ruling does not automatically reinstate dismissed staff.
• Auchan says the plan’s substance is not in question, notes the pact had 75% union support, reports roughly 1,000 affected workers have already found solutions, and can still appeal.