For employers doing business in France, the court’s recent decisions mean more predictability in the amounts that judges can award in case of unfair dismissals.

In two landmark decisions on 11 May 2022, the Employment Chamber of the French Supreme Court confirmed that the grid of maximum caps on damages amounts that judges can allocate for unfair dismissals from work are fully valid. The decisions confirm a cornerstone of President Emmanuel Macron’s labor law reform of 2017.