The Evry court on Tuesday ordered retail giant Carrefour Hypermarkets to pay 18 million euros to the CGT for failing to comply with an order requiring it to suspend a disputed work organization plan, a-t -we learned Wednesday from the union.
Due to the "
difficulties
" encountered by Carrefour in executing a first injunction of November 2020, the Évry court ordered the payment of this sum "
under the liquidation of the provisional penalty
", according to its order consulted on Wednesday by the AFP.
In October 2020, the CGT had summoned Carrefour Hypermarkets before the judge in chambers of the Évry judicial court to suspend the implementation of a work reorganization plan, called "
Project Top
".
This project was launched by the boss of Carrefour France Rami Baitieh, who presented it in December 2020 in the media specializing in mass distribution LSA as a means of "
erasing irritants to satisfy customers
" in stores.
For the CGT, which is calling for its abandonment, it is "
a project of social regression and an attack on the health and safety of workers
".
Noting "
the existence of a manifestly unlawful disorder
", the judge in chambers ordered in November 2020 "
the suspension of the implementation and deployment of the Top project in
Carrefour's hypermarket establishments/stores".
Justice also asked Carrefour "
to proceed, by involving the staff representative bodies, in the assessment of the professional risks inherent in the Top project
" and accompanied its assignment with a penalty payment "
of 30,000 euros per day, per violation found and per store
.
"
Carrefour did not take this into account and in March, when it expired, we went back to court to ask for the penalty to be lifted.
Given its magnitude, the judge decided on a mediation which we accepted, but which did not succeed
, ”explained to AFP Patrick Ait-Aissa, national CGT delegate of Carrefour Hypermarkets.
Contacted by AFP, Carrefour announced Wednesday its intention to appeal this decision.
“
Indeed, Carrefour strictly applied the initial decision of this same court by proceeding, within the time allowed, to an in-depth assessment, and shared with the staff representatives, of the impacts of the Top project
”, explained the group.
"
This decision does not call into question the continuation of the Top project
," said the French retail giant.