Register for recording public health and environmental alerts

The 2013 law established a right for employees to report environmental and public health concerns. Employers must set up a special register to record these alerts.

Marie Faucon
Consultante HSE
Publication : 
04.11.2014
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Please note: This article concerns French legislation. The requirements described may not apply in other countries.

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We invite you to revisit a little-known regulatory obligation applicable to all companies. Law No. 2013-316 of April 16, 2013, concerning the independence of health and environmental expertise and the protection of whistleblowers, created a chapter in the Labor Code regarding the right to alert on public health and environmental matters.

This system stipulates that the employee or members of the CSE must alert the employer if they believe that the products or manufacturing processes used or implemented in the establishment pose or are likely to pose a serious risk to the public health or the environment. The alert must then be recorded in writing.

A new chapter of the Labor Code*, determines the conditions for recording this alert in writing.

Thus, the employer must set up a special register with numbered pages. This register must be made available to the elected members of the CSE. Any alert recorded therein must be dated and signed.

It must also specify:

  • the products or manufacturing processes that, in the opinion of the employee or elected members of the CSE, pose a serious risk to public health or the environment;
  • where applicable, the potential consequences for public health or the environment;
  • any other information useful for assessing the recorded alert.

* The chapter of the Labor Code consists of Articles D. 4133-1 to Art. D. 4133-3; its title: Register for recording public health and environmental alerts within the company.

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