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name: import-requete-cph-licenciement-faute-grave
description: Use when migrating a French Conseil de Prud'hommes (CPH) pleading skill for gross-misconduct dismissal (licenciement pour faute grave) into the mini-claude-for-legal format. The adapter maps legacy CPH claim-drafting logic — requête, articulation des faits, qualification juridique, and demande indemnitaire — into the standard skill model under French employment law. Primary jurisdiction France; Barème Macron indemnity rules and procedural requirements of the CPH apply.
license: MIT
metadata:
id: import.requete-CPH-licenciement-faute-grave
category: import
jurisdictions: [FR]
priority: P3
intent: [import, cph, licenciement, faute-grave, employment-france, migration]
related: [import-notification-licenciement, draft-lettre-licenciement-fr, kb-employment-law-fr, review-employment-termination]
source: Louis — HAQQ Legal AI (github.com/sboghossian/mini-claude-for-legal)
version: "1.0"

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

Field	Source mapping	Default if absent
claim_type	Legacy type	licenciement_faute_grave_contest
party_plaintiff	Legacy demandeur	Prompt user (salarié typically)
party_defendant	Legacy défendeur	Prompt user (employeur)
faits_details	Legacy facts	Prompt user — cannot default
qualification_juridique	Legacy legal_basis	Code du Travail Art L1234-1, L1234-5, L1234-9
demande_indemnitaire	Legacy relief	Calculated from ancienneté + salaire
barème_macron	Legacy barème boolean	true
procedure_phase	Legacy phase	bureau_de_conciliation
output_format	Legacy format	requête_cph_fr

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:

Head of relief	Legal basis	Calculation
Indemnité compensatrice de préavis	Art L1234-5	Notice period × monthly gross salary
Indemnité de licenciement	Art L1234-9	Statutory formula (1/4 month per year for first 10 years; 1/3 per year thereafter)
Dommages-intérêts pour licenciement sans cause réelle	Art L1235-3 (Barème Macron)	See Barème scale by ancienneté
Indemnité de congés payés sur préavis	Art L3141-26	10% of préavis indemnity
Dommages-intérêts pour préjudice moral	Case-by-case	Discretionary (courts vary widely)

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

Error	Likely cause	Resolution
faits_vague	Source had generic "misconduct" placeholder	Flag HIGH risk; specific factual narrative required
barème_not_applied	Legacy calculated old indemnity formula	Apply Barème Macron (post-Ordonnances 2017)
préavis_missing	Source only claimed licenciement indemnity	Add préavis claim (separate head of relief for faute grave contests)
prescription_risk	Claim filed > 1 year after dismissal	Flag prescription: Art L1471-1 — 1-year limitation for dismissal claims

Related skills

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