I am not "looking" for points here and don't expect to gain any, but I do wish to "make" a point.

The translation, albeit "official", to "Social and Economic Committee" is both too literal and misleading. Whoever coined it should be ashamed. For a start, the French use of "social" in THIS context, is expressed in my Robert dictionary as "qui concerne les condition matérielles fes travailleurs et leur amélioration".

"Social" in English falls far short of conveying this meaning and suggests leisure, social clubs, holidays etc. etc.

Given that there is no exactly equivalent body in EN-spkg countries, I personally would use the French version, with an "explanatory" treanslation in square brackets rather than the so-called official translation.

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The Social and Economic Committee (sic) was introduced by an order dated 22 September 2017 with the purpose of simplifying dialogue between employer and employees, by (a) merging the staff representative bodies and (b) enabling the parties to set the powers of the Committee via enterprise-level agreements.

What is the Social and Economic Committee?

The Social and Economic Committee (“CSE” in French) is a staff representative body that will supersede the staff representative bodies that currently exist: staff delegates, the Works Council (WC) and the workplace health, safety and working conditions committee (“CHSCT” in French).

Its implementation will be mandatory in companies with at least eleven employees. This threshold will have to have been met over 12 consecutive months. This is a relaxation of the rules in effect, since, at present, elections must be held for staff delegates when the headcount reaches eleven employees for 12 months whether consecutive or not, over the 36 months prior to the date of the elections.

For companies whose headcount is between 11 and 20 employees, the employer shall invite the trade unions to negotiate the pre-electoral memorandum of agreement only if an employee volunteered as a candidate in the elections within 30 days after the date the staff was notified that elections would be held. Note that after the drafting of the “failure report,” a union or an employee may ask for new elections to be organised only after a period of six months.

Source:
https://www.cesynthese.com/setting-up-a-social-and-economic-...



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Note added at 1 day 22 hrs (2020-05-11 12:36:28 GMT)
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The purpose of the CSE is to consolidate in a single body the attributions of three different employee representatives bodies in French companies which are (i) the staff representatives (délégués du personnel), who are elected in companies employing at least 11 employees on an habitual basis, (ii) the works council (comité d’entreprise), and (iii) the health and safety committee (comité d’hygiène, de sécurité et des conditions de travail), both elected in companies employing at least 50 employees on an habitual basis.

Source:
https://www.globalworkplaceinsider.com/2018/01/french-employ...