Election of staff representatives in the public service
Verified 12 January 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Every 4 years, public officials are invited to vote to elect their representatives, who sit alongside representatives of the administration, Joint Administrative Commissions (JAC) competent in respect of officials, Joint Advisory Committees (JACs) with regard to contractors, and social committees competent in respect of all staff, irrespective of their status.
We present you the essential information to know about these professional elections, according to your public service (State - FPE, territorial - FPT, hospital - FPH).
The next professional elections will be held on December 10, 2026 in the 3 public functions.
In the State civil service, staff will vote electronically via the internet from 3 to 10 December 2026 unless the vote takes place at the ballot box (only or in addition to the electronic voting) or by post.
In the territorial and hospital civil services, if electronic voting is used via the internet, staff will be able to vote for a minimum period of 72 hours and a maximum of 8 days until 10 December 2026.
EPF
Who can vote to elect staff representatives to PACs?
You are registered on the list of electors if you are civil servant, trainee or holder, in position of activity, parental leave or secondment the day of the vote.
You are an elector to elect your representatives to the CAP to which your body of belonging.
If you are seconded to the public service, you are both a voter for the CAP to which your home body belongs and for the CAP to which your host body belongs.
How is the list of electors established?
The list of electors is drawn up by the administration and posted on the administration's premises at least 1 month before the polling date.
Within 8 days after the voters list is posted, you can verify that you are registered and request registration if you are not.
Within 11 days after the voters list is postedHowever, you can file a complaint against entries or omissions on the list of electors. The administration will decide on your complaint without delay.
No amendment to the list of electors is then permitted unless an event taking effect no later than the day before the vote results in an agent becoming or losing the status of elector.
In such cases, the registration or cancelation shall be pronounced at the latest on the day before the vote, either on the initiative of the administration or at the request of the official concerned, and shall be immediately brought to the attention of the staff by means of a notice.
What is the number of staff representatives at PAC?
Each CAP is composed of a number of staff representatives which depends on the number of officials in the CAP concerned, and on equal number of alternate representatives.
Staffing of officials under the CAP | Number of staff representatives |
|---|---|
Fewer than 1,000 public servants | 2 (4 by decision of the minister concerned or of the minister responsible for the public service where special circumstances so warrant) |
1,000 to 2,999 staff | 4 |
3,000 to 4,999 staff | 6 |
From 5 000 officials | 8 |
The number of staff representatives shall be determined by number of staff in 1er January of election year.
Reminder
Each PCA shall comprise a number of management representatives equal to the number of staff representatives.
Who can be a candidate for the election of staff representatives to the PACs?
You are eligible for a staff representative seat at the CAP to which your body belongs if you are registered on the list of electors and if you are not in one of the following situations :
- In long-term leave (LTC)
- Prohibited from voting and election by a court
- Have been demoted or temporarily excluded from office from 16 days to 2 years without amnesty or erasure from your file.
The lists of candidates the election of staff representatives within a CAP shall be submitted by trade unions.
The lists may be common to several trade union organizations.
The same candidate cannot be submitted by several lists for the same CAP.
Each list of candidates includes as many names as there are vacancies (incumbents and alternates).
Each list of candidates shall include a number of women and men corresponding to the respective shares of women and men civil servants represented in the CAP.
How is the poll conducted?
The elections shall be held by electronic voting.
However, a ministerial decree may provide that voting shall take place exclusively or in addition to electronic voting, by means of voting at the ballot box, in certain administrations, institutions or authorities.
In any case, the vote can also take place by correspondence. Envelopes sent by electors at the expense of the administration must reach the polling station before the close of voting time.
You can only vote for an entire list of candidates, without deletion or addition of names and without modification of the order of presentation of candidates.
Any ballot that does not comply with these prohibitions is void.
The counting of the ballot shall take place, except in special circumstances, at the most in the 3 working days from the date of the election.
At the end of the counting and without delay, the results are announced.
How are elected representatives appointed?
The staff representatives are elected by proportional representation according to the highest average rule.
Once the votes validly cast have been counted, the electoral quotient is calculated.
The electoral quotient shall be equal to the total number of valid votes cast divided by the number of incumbent staff representatives to be elected.
The number of incumbent seats allocated to each list of candidates shall be calculated by dividing the number of votes received by each list of candidates by the electoral quotient.
Any remaining seats are allocated according to the highest average rule, i.e. the number of votes collected by each list is divided by the number of seats already obtained + 1.
The list that gets the highest result wins the seat.
Full staff representatives shall be appointed in the order of their presentation on the list of candidates.
Each list shall be allocated a number of alternate representatives equal to the number of elected full representatives.
In all State administrations, one or more Joint Consultative Commissions (JCCs) are established by order of the Minister concerned (or by decision of the head of the public establishment).
That order or decision shall define the composition, organization and functioning of the CCP and the conditions for the appointment of the representatives of the contract staff concerned.
The CCP shall consist of an equal number of representatives of contract staff and representatives of the administration and of both full and alternate members.
Staff representatives are elected by proportional representation according to the highest average rule.
The election of staff representatives shall be by electronic vote.
A ministerial decree may, however, provide that voting shall take place exclusively or in addition to electronic voting, by means of voting at the ballot box, in certain administrations, establishments or authorities.
In all cases, voting may also be by post. Envelopes sent by electors at the expense of the administration must reach the polling station before the polling close time.
Who can vote to elect staff representatives to the Social Committee?
The conditions to be registered on the list of electors vary depending on whether you are a public servant (incumbent or trainee) or a contractor:
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Full-time official
You are registered on the list of electors if you are, on the day of the vote, in position of activity or parental leave or if you are accommodated in the department under the social committee by detachment or making available.
Trainee civil servant
You are registered on the list of electors if you are in a position of activity or parental leave the day of the vote.
You are not a voter if you are a student or trainee in school.
Contractual
You are registered on the list of electors if you fill in the following 2 conditions :
- You are in DTA: titleContent or, for at least 2 months, in FIXED-TERM CONTRACT: titleContent of a duration of at least 6 months or on a fixed-term contract renewed successively for at least 6 months
- And you're doing your job or you're on paid leave or parental leave.
How is the list of electors established?
The list of electors is drawn up by the administration and posted on the administration's premises at least 1 month before the polling date.
Within 8 days after the voters list is posted, you can verify that you are registered and request registration if you are not.
Within 11 days after the voters list is postedHowever, you can file a complaint against entries or omissions on the list of electors. The administration will decide on your complaint without delay.
No amendment to the list of electors is then permitted unless an event taking effect no later than the day before the vote results in an agent becoming or losing the status of elector.
In this case, the registration or cancelation shall be pronounced no later than the day before the vote, either on the initiative of the administration or at the request of the official concerned, and shall be immediately brought to the attention of the staff by means of a notice.
How many staff representatives are there on social committees?
The number of staff representatives shall be equal to 15 for the social committee of ministerial administration.
The number of staff representatives shall be equal to 11 for the social committee of central administration and for the social network administration committee.
The number of permanent staff representatives of a social committee for the administration of decentralized services shall be fixed as follows:
Staff of the service | Maximum number of staff representatives |
|---|---|
Up to 200 agents if it exists specialized training within the social committee | 5 |
Up to 200 agents in the absence specialized training within the social committee | 6 |
201 to 500 | 7 |
From 501 to 700 | 8 |
From 701 | 10 |
For the other social administrative committees, the number of staff representatives shall not exceed 10.
In each committee, the number of alternate staff representatives shall be equal to the number of full staff representatives.
The act establishing the Committee shall fix the number of staff representatives.
Who can be a candidate for the election of staff representatives to the Social Committee?
You are eligible for a staff representative seat on the Social Committee if you are registered on the list of electors and if you are not in one of the following situations :
- In long-term leave or in long-term leave (LTC) or in sick leave
- Prohibited from voting and election by a court
- Have been demoted or temporarily excluded from office from 16 days to 2 years without amnesty or erasure from your file.
The lists of candidates the election of staff representatives to the social committee shall be submitted by trade unions.
Each list of candidates shall include:
- A number of names equal to not less than 2/3 and not more than the number of seats of full and alternate representatives to be filled
- An even number of names
- A number of women and men corresponding to the respective shares of women and men represented on the Social Committee.
The lists may be common to several trade union organizations.
The same candidate cannot be presented by several lists.
For the election of staff representatives to the social administrative committees of the Ministry of Justice, magistrates of the judiciary are also eligible.
How is the poll conducted?
The elections shall be held by electronic voting.
However, a ministerial decree may provide that voting is to be held exclusively at the ballot box or supplemented or supplemented by voting by post.
In the case of postal voting, the envelopes sent by the electors at the expense of the administration must reach the polling station before the time of the close of voting.
The staff representatives on the ministerial social administrative committees shall be elected to the list ballot.
Staff representatives on the other social administrative committees shall be elected by ballot or, where the number of staff in the department or departments for which the social administrative committee is established is less than or equal to 100, by vote on acronym.
The list ballot is an election system in which voters vote for lists of candidates presented by trade union organizations.
The vote on acronym is an election system in which voters vote for the acronym of a trade union organization. The votes obtained by the trade union organization determine the number of seats for which it then freely appoints the full and alternate members.
In the case of a list ballot, you can only vote for an entire list of candidates, without deletion or addition of names and without modification of the order of presentation of candidates. Any ballot that does not comply with these prohibitions is void.
The counting of the ballot shall take place, except in special circumstances, at the most within 3 days from the date of the election.
At the end of the counting and without delay, the results are announced.
How are elected staff representatives appointed?
The staff representatives are elected by proportional representation according to the highest average rule.
The counting takes place within a maximum of 3 days from the date of the election.
Once the votes validly cast have been counted, the electoral quotient is calculated.
The electoral quotient shall be equal to the total number of valid votes cast divided by the number of incumbent staff representatives to be elected.
The number of incumbent seats allocated to each list of candidates shall be calculated by dividing the number of votes received by each list of candidates by the electoral quotient.
Any remaining seats are allocated according to the highest average rule, i.e. the number of votes collected by each list is divided by the number of seats already obtained + 1.
The list that gets the highest result wins the seat.
Full staff representatives shall be appointed in the order of their presentation on the list of candidates.
Each list shall be allocated a number of alternate representatives equal to the number of elected full representatives.
FPT
Who can vote to elect staff representatives to PACs?
You are registered on the list of electors if you are full-time or non-full-time staff member, trainee or incumbent in a position of employment, parental leave or secondment the day of the vote.
You are an elector to elect your representatives to the CAP to which your rank belongs.
If you are made available, you vote in your home community.
If you are seconded to the public service, you are both an elector for the CAP to which your original rank belongs and for the CAP to which your host rank belongs.
How is the list of electors established?
The list of electors is drawn up by the administration and posted on community premises at least 60 days before the polling date.
When the CAP is placed at a management center, an excerpt from the list of electors with the names of the electing public servants in your community is posted on your community's premises.
You are informed, by posting, of the possibility of consulting the list of electors, or the extract established by the management center, and of the place of this consultation.
From the day of the display to the 50e day before polling day, you can verify that you are registered and request registration if you are not.
You can also file a complaint against entries or omissions on the list of electors.
The administration decides on the complaints within 3 months working days. It motivates its decisions.
No amendment to the list of electors is then permitted unless an event taking effect no later than the day before the vote results in an agent becoming or losing the status of elector.
In this case, the registration or cancelation shall be pronounced at the latest on the day before the election and immediately brought to the attention of the staff by means of a poster.
What is the number of staff representatives at PAC?
Each CAP is composed of a number of staff representatives, which depends on the number of officials in the CAP concerned, and equal number of alternate representatives.
Number of civil servants under CAP | Number of titular representatives of staff |
|---|---|
Less than 40 | 3 |
From 40 to 249 | 4 |
250 to 499 | 5 |
500 to 749 | 6 |
750 to 999 | 7 |
From 1,000 | 8 (10 for CAP category C placed with the management center) |
The number of staff representatives shall be determined by number of staff in 1er January of election year.
Reminder
Each PCA shall comprise a number of management representatives equal to the number of staff representatives.
Who can be a candidate for the election of staff representatives to the PACs?
You are eligible for a staff representative seat at the CAP to which your rank belongs if you are registered on the list of electors and if you are not in one of the following situations :
- In long-term sick leave (LWOP) or in long-term leave (LTC)
- Prohibited from voting and election by a court
- Have been demoted or temporarily excluded from office from 16 days to 2 years without amnesty or erasure from your file.
The lists of candidates the election of staff representatives within a CAP shall be submitted by trade unions.
The lists may be common to several trade union organizations.
The same candidate cannot be submitted by several lists for the same CAP.
Each list of candidates includes as many names as there are vacancies (incumbents and alternates).
However, lists of candidates may contain fewer candidates than the number of seats to be filled in small communities.
Each list of candidates shall include a number of women and men corresponding to the respective shares of women and men civil servants represented in the CAP.
How is the poll conducted?
Voting shall be by secret ballot for a list, without deletion or addition of names and without modification. Any ballot that does not comply with these prohibitions is void.
The vote can also take place by correspondence in the following situations:
- You do not perform your duties at the headquarters of a polling station
- You are on leave
- You have a special leave of absence to carry out trade union activity
- You are part-time or in a non-full-time job and do not work on polling day.
- You are prevented from going to the polling station on polling day due to service requirements.
The list of employees eligible to vote by mail shall be posted at least 30 days before the date of the election. If you are on this list, you will be informed of your registration and of the inability to vote directly at the ballot box on polling day.
This list can be modified until 25e day preceding polling day.
When a PAC is placed with a management center, the management center may decide that all electors vote by mail.
Envelopes sent by voters at the expense of administration must reach the polling station before the closing time of the poll.
Electronic voting may be used.
The counting of the vote takes place from the close of voting.
Each community publicizes the results.
How are elected representatives appointed?
The staff representatives are elected by proportional representation according to the highest average rule.
Once the votes validly cast have been counted, the electoral quotient is calculated.
The electoral quotient shall be equal to the total number of valid votes cast divided by the number of incumbent staff representatives to be elected.
The number of incumbent seats allocated to each list of candidates shall be calculated by dividing the number of votes received by each list of candidates by the electoral quotient.
Any remaining seats are allocated according to the highest average rule, i.e. the number of votes collected by each list is divided by the number of seats already obtained + 1.
The list that gets the highest result wins the seat.
Full staff representatives shall be appointed in the order of their presentation on the list of candidates.
Each list shall be allocated a number of alternate representatives equal to the number of elected full representatives.
In smaller communities, when an incomplete list obtains one seat more than the number of candidates nominated, that seat is allocated to the list that obtains it second.
Where part or all of the seats could not be filled by the election, the CAP shall be completed by drawing lots among the voters on that commission.
The procedure of drawing lots may be applied for the appointment of alternate representatives.
Who can vote to elect staff representatives to PPCs?
You are registered on the list of electors if you fill in the 2 conditions following:
- You are in DTA: titleContent or, for at least 2 months, in FIXED-TERM CONTRACT: titleContent of a minimum duration of 6 months or on a fixed-term contract renewed without interruption for at least 6 months
- And you're doing your job or you're on paid leave or parental leave.
If you are made available, you vote in your home community.
How is the list of electors established?
The list of electors is drawn up by the administration and posted on community premises at least 60 days before the polling date.
When the PAC is placed at a management center, an excerpt from the list of electors with the names of the electors in your community is posted on your community premises.
You are informed, by posting, of the possibility of consulting the list of electors or the extract established by the management center and of the place of this consultation.
From the day of the display to the 50e the day before the election date, you can verify that you are registered and apply for registration if you are not.
You can also file a complaint against entries or omissions on the list of electors.
The administration decides on the complaints within 3 months working days. It motivates its decisions.
No amendment to the list of electors is then permitted unless an event taking effect no later than the day before the vote results in the possibility or impossibility for an agent to be an elector.
In this case, the registration or cancelation shall be pronounced no later than the day before the vote, either on the initiative of the administration or at the request of the official concerned, and shall be immediately brought to the attention of the staff by means of a notice.
What is the number of staff representatives at PPCs?
Each CCP shall consist of a number of staff representatives, which depends on the number of staff of the CCP concerned, and equal number of alternate representatives.
Staff of the CCP | Number of staff representatives |
|---|---|
Less than 25 | 2 |
25 to 99 | 3 |
100 to 249 | 4 |
250 to 499 | 5 |
500 to 749 | 6 |
750 to 999 | 7 |
From 1,000 | 8 |
Reminder
Each PPC shall comprise a number of management representatives equal to the number of staff representatives.
Who can be a candidate for the election of staff representatives to the PPCs?
You are eligible for a staff representative seat at the CCP if you are registered on the list of electors and if you are not in one of the following situations :
- In Critical Illness Leave (CLM)
- Prohibited from voting and election by a court
- Have been subject to a temporary exclusion from office of at least 16 days, not amnestied or not deleted from your file.
The lists of candidates the election of staff representatives to a CCP shall be submitted by trade unions.
The lists may be common to several trade union organizations.
The same candidate cannot be submitted by several lists for the same PPC.
Each list of candidates shall include:
- A number of names equal to at least half and at most twice the number of seats of full and alternate representatives to be filled
- An even number of names, except where there is only one seat of holder
- A number of women and men corresponding to the respective shares of women and men represented on the CCP. This number is calculated on all candidates registered on the electoral roll.
How is the poll conducted?
Voting shall be by secret ballot for a list, without deletion or addition of names and without modification. Any ballot that does not comply with these prohibitions is void.
The vote can take place by correspondence in the following situations:
- You do not perform your duties at the headquarters of a polling station
- You are on leave
- You have a special leave of absence to carry out trade union activity
- You are part-time or in a non-full-time job and do not work on polling day.
- You are prevented from going to the polling station on polling day due to service requirements.
The list of officers eligible to vote by mail shall be posted at least 30 days before the date of the election. If you are on this list, you will be informed of your registration and of the inability to vote directly at the ballot box on polling day.
This list can be modified until 25e day preceding polling day.
When a PC is placed with a management center, the management center may decide that all electors vote by mail.
Envelopes sent by voters at the expense of administration must reach the polling station before the closing time of the poll.
Electronic voting may be used.
The counting is carried out as soon as the poll closes.
Each community publicizes the results.
How are elected representatives appointed?
The staff representatives are elected by proportional representation according to the highest average rule.
Once the votes validly cast have been counted, the electoral quotient is calculated.
The electoral quotient shall be equal to the total number of valid votes cast divided by the number of incumbent staff representatives to be elected.
The number of incumbent seats allocated to each list of candidates shall be calculated by dividing the number of votes received by each list of candidates by the electoral quotient.
Any remaining seats are allocated according to the highest average rule, i.e. the number of votes collected by each list is divided by the number of seats already obtained + 1.
The list that gets the highest result wins the seat.
Full staff representatives shall be appointed in the order of their presentation on the list of candidates.
Each list shall be allocated a number of alternate representatives equal to the number of elected full representatives.
Where part of the seats could not be filled by the election, the CCP shall be completed by drawing lots among the electors on that commission.
Who can vote to elect staff representatives to the Social Committee?
The conditions to be registered on the list of electors vary depending on whether you are a public servant or a trainee or a contract employee.
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Full-time official
You are registered on the list of electors if you are, on the day of the vote, in position of activity or parental leave or if you are accommodated in the department under the social committee by detachment or making available.
However, you remain a voter in your home community if you are made available to a trade union organization or made available or seconded to a public interest group or an independent public authority.
Trainee civil servant
You are registered on the list of electors if you are in a position of activity or parental leave the day of the vote.
Contractual
You are registered on the list of electors if you fill in the following 2 conditions :
- You are in DTA: titleContent or, for at least 2 months, in FIXED-TERM CONTRACT: titleContent of a duration of at least 6 months or on a fixed-term contract renewed successively for at least 6 months
- And you're doing your job or you're on paid leave or parental leave.
How is the list of electors established?
The list of electors is drawn up by the administration and posted on community premises at least 60 days before the polling date.
When the social committee is placed at a management center, an excerpt from the list of electors mentioning the names of the electoral officers in your community is posted on the premises of your community.
You are informed, by posting, of the possibility of consulting the list of electors or the extract established by the management center and of the place of this consultation.
From the day of the display to the 50e the day before the election date, you can verify that you are registered and apply for registration if you are not.
You can also file a complaint against entries or omissions on the list of electors.
The administration decides on the complaints within 3 months working days. It motivates its decisions.
No amendment to the list of electors is then permitted unless an event taking effect no later than the day before the vote results in an agent becoming or losing the status of elector.
In this case, the registration or cancelation shall be pronounced at the latest on the day before the vote, either on the initiative of the administration or at the request of the agent, and shall be immediately brought to the attention of the personnel by means of a notice.
How many staff representatives are on the Social Committee?
The number of permanent staff representatives on the Territorial Social Committee depends on the number of staff under the Committee:
Number of services | Number of staff representatives |
|---|---|
From 50 to 199 | 3 to 5 |
200 to 999 | 4 to 6 |
1,000 to 1,999 | 5 to 8 |
From 2 000 | 7 to 15 |
The number of staff representatives shall be fixed for the duration of the term of office of the Committee at the time of the establishment of the Committee and shall be updated before each election.
The number of alternate staff representatives shall be equal to the number of full staff representatives.
Who can be a candidate for the election of staff representatives to the Social Committee?
You are eligible for a staff representative seat on the Social Committee if you are registered on the list of electors and if you are not in one of the following situations :
- In long-term leave, in long-term leave (LTC) or in sick leave
- Prohibited from voting and election by a court
- Have been demoted or temporarily excluded from office from 16 days to 2 years without amnesty or erasure from your file
- Hold a functional executive position in the community (Director General of Services, Director General of Technical Services, etc.)
The lists of candidates the election of staff representatives to the social committee shall be submitted by trade unions.
Each list of candidates shall include:
- A number of names equal to at least 2/3 and at most twice the number of seats of full and alternate representatives to be filled
- An even number of names
- A number of women and men corresponding to the respective shares of women and men represented on the Social Committee.
The lists may be common to several trade union organizations.
The same candidate cannot be presented by several lists.
How is the poll conducted?
Voting shall be by secret ballot for a list, without deletion or addition of names and without modification. Any ballot that does not comply with these prohibitions is void.
The vote can take place by correspondence in the following situations:
- You do not perform your duties at the headquarters of a polling station
- You are on leave
- You have a special leave of absence to carry out trade union activity
- You are part-time or in a non-full-time job and do not work on polling day.
- You are prevented from going to the polling station on polling day due to service requirements.
The list of officers eligible to vote by mail shall be posted at least 30 days before the date of the election. If you are on this list, you will be informed of your registration and of the inability to vote directly at the ballot box on polling day.
This list can be modified until 25e day preceding polling day.
Envelopes sent by voters at the expense of administration must reach the polling station before the closing time of the poll.
Electronic voting may be used.
The counting is carried out as soon as the poll closes.
Each community publicizes the results.
How are elected staff representatives appointed?
The staff representatives are elected by proportional representation according to the highest average rule.
Once the votes validly cast have been counted, the electoral quotient is calculated.
The electoral quotient shall be equal to the total number of valid votes cast divided by the number of incumbent staff representatives to be elected.
The number of incumbent seats allocated to each list of candidates shall be calculated by dividing the number of votes received by each list of candidates by the electoral quotient.
Any remaining seats are allocated according to the highest average rule, i.e. the number of votes collected by each list is divided by the number of seats already obtained + 1.
The list that gets the highest result wins the seat.
Full staff representatives shall be appointed in the order of their presentation on the list of candidates.
Each list shall be allocated a number of alternate representatives equal to the number of elected full representatives.
FPH
Who can vote to elect staff representatives to PACs?
You are registered on the list of electors if you are civil servant, trainee or holder, in position of activity, parental leave or secondment or on parental leave on the day of voting.
You are an elector to elect your representatives to the CAP to which your body of belonging.
If you are seconded to the hospital public service, you are both a voter for the CAP to which your home body belongs and for the CAP to which your host body belongs. When your host institution is located in the same department as your home institution, you vote for the departmental CAP only in your host institution.
How is the list of electors established?
The list of electors is drawn up by the administration and posted on the premises of the establishment 60 days prior to polling day.
Within 8 days after the voters list is posted, you can verify that you are registered and request registration if you are not.
You can also file a complaint against entries or omissions on the list of electors.
At the end of this 8-day period, the administration posts, within 48 hours, the changes made to the list of electors.
For 5 days from this posting, complaints may be made against the inscriptions or cancelations pronounced. The administration then decides within 24 hours.
At the end of a period of 16 days following the posting, the list of electors is closed.
No amendment to the list of electors is then permitted unless an event taking effect no later than the day before the vote results in an agent becoming or losing the status of elector.
In this case, the registration or cancelation shall be pronounced at the latest on the day before the election and immediately brought to the attention of the staff by means of a poster.
What is the number of staff representatives at PAC?
Each CAP is composed of a number of staff representatives, which depends on the number of officials in the CAP concerned, and equal number of alternate representatives.
Number of staff under CAP | Number of staff representatives |
|---|---|
From 4 to 20 | 1 |
21 to 200 | 2 |
201 to 500 | 3 |
From 501 to 1000 | 4 |
1001 to 2000 | 5 |
From 2001 | 6 |
The number of staff representatives shall be determined by number of staff in 1er January of election year.
Reminder
Each PCA shall comprise a number of management representatives equal to the number of staff representatives.
Who can be a candidate for the election of staff representatives to the PACs?
You are eligible for a staff representative seat at the CAP to which your body belongs if you are registered on the list of electors and if you are not in one of the following situations :
- In long-term leave (LTC)
- Prohibited from voting and election by a court
- Have been demoted or temporarily excluded from office from 16 days to 2 years without amnesty or erasure from your file.
If you are seconded to the hospital civil service, you are eligible for admission to your host institution if the duration of your secondment is at least 2 years from the initial date of the mandate. Otherwise, you are eligible at your home institution.
The lists of candidates the election of staff representatives within a CAP shall be submitted by trade unions.
The lists may be common to several trade union organizations.
The same candidate cannot be submitted by several lists for the same CAP. However, it can be presented simultaneously on a list for a local CAP and on another list for a departmental CAP.
Each list of candidates includes as many names as there are vacancies (incumbents and alternates).
Each list of candidates shall include a number of women and men corresponding to the respective shares of women and men civil servants represented in the CAP. This number is calculated on all candidates on the list.
How is the poll conducted?
The vote can take place at the ballot box, by correspondence or by electronic means.
If electronic voting is used, voting at the ballot box or by post is not possible.
In the event of a ballot box, the elections shall be held publicly in the establishment during working hours. Voting must be open without interruption for at least 7 hours.
In the case of postal voting, the envelopes sent by the electors, at the expense of the administration, must reach the polling station before the closing time of the poll.
You can only vote for an entire list of candidates, without deletion or addition of names and without modification of the order of presentation of candidates.
Any ballot that does not comply with these prohibitions is void.
The counting of the vote takes place from the close of voting.
At the end of the counting and without delay, the results are announced.
How are elected representatives appointed?
The staff representatives are elected by proportional representation according to the highest average rule.
Once the votes validly cast have been counted, the electoral quotient is calculated.
The electoral quotient shall be equal to the total number of valid votes cast divided by the number of incumbent staff representatives to be elected.
The number of incumbent seats allocated to each list of candidates shall be calculated by dividing the number of votes received by each list of candidates by the electoral quotient.
Any remaining seats are allocated according to the highest average rule, i.e. the number of votes collected by each list is divided by the number of seats already obtained + 1.
The list that gets the highest result wins the seat.
Full staff representatives shall be appointed in the order of their presentation on the list of candidates.
Each list shall be allocated a number of alternate representatives equal to the number of elected full representatives.
For the election to the departmental CAP, the central polling station is convened by its president within 3 days of the election and then aggregates the results of all the polling stations. The President shall declare the results of the election.
Who can vote to elect staff representatives to PPCs?
You are registered on the list of electors if you fill in the 2 conditions following:
- You are in DTA: titleContent or in FIXED-TERM CONTRACT: titleContent of a minimum duration of 2 months or on a fixed-term contract renewed without interruption for at least 2 months
- And you are in employment or on paid leave, parental leave or made available to an employee organization on the date of the election.
How is the list of electors established?
The list of electors is drawn up by the administration and posted on the premises of the establishment 60 days prior to polling day.
Within 8 days after the voters list is posted, you can verify that you are registered and request registration if you are not.
You can also file a complaint against entries or omissions on the list of electors.
At the end of this 8-day period, the administration will post changes to the list of electors within 48 hours.
For 5 days from this posting, complaints may be made against the inscriptions or cancelations pronounced. The administration then decides on these complaints, by reasoned decision, under a business day.
At the end of a period of 16 days following the posting, the list of electors is closed.
No amendment to the list of electors is then permitted unless an event taking effect no later than the day before the vote results in an agent becoming or losing the status of elector.
In this case, the registration or cancelation shall be pronounced at the latest on the day before the election and immediately brought to the attention of the staff by means of a poster.
What is the number of staff representatives at PPCs?
Each CCP shall consist of a number of staff representatives, which depends on the number of staff of the CCP concerned, and equal number of alternate representatives.
Number of agents under the CCP | Number of representatives staff members |
|---|---|
Up to 200 | 2 |
201 to 500 | 3 |
501 to 1,000 | 4 |
1,001 to 2,000 | 5 |
From 2 001 | 6 |
Reminder
Each PPC shall comprise a number of management representatives equal to the number of staff representatives.
Who can be a candidate for the election of staff representatives to the PPCs?
You are eligible for a staff representative seat at the CCP if you are registered on the list of electors and if you meet the following conditions:
- You have been in office at the polling date for at least 3 months at your institution
- You're not in sick leave
- You are not barred from voting and election by a court
- You have not been the subject of a temporary exclusion from office of at least 3 months not amnestied or deleted from your file.
The lists of candidates the election of staff representatives to a CCP shall be submitted by trade unions.
The lists may be common to several trade union organizations.
The same candidate cannot be submitted by several lists for the same PPC.
How is the poll conducted?
The vote can take place at the ballot box, by correspondence or by electronic means.
If electronic voting is used, voting at the ballot box or by post is not possible.
In the event of a ballot box, the elections shall be held publicly in the establishment during working hours. Voting must be open without interruption for at least 7 hours.
In the case of postal voting, the envelopes sent by the electors, at the expense of the administration, must reach the polling station before the closing time of the poll.
You can only vote for an entire list of candidates, without deletion or addition of names and without modification of the order of presentation of candidates.
Any ballot that does not comply with these prohibitions is void.
The counting of the vote takes place from the close of voting.
At the end of the counting and without delay, the results are announced.
How are staff representatives appointed?
The staff representatives are elected by proportional representation according to the highest average rule.
Once the votes validly cast have been counted, the electoral quotient is calculated.
The electoral quotient shall be equal to the total number of valid votes cast divided by the number of incumbent staff representatives to be elected.
The number of incumbent seats allocated to each list of candidates shall be calculated by dividing the number of votes received by each list of candidates by the electoral quotient.
Any remaining seats are allocated according to the highest average rule, i.e. the number of votes collected by each list is divided by the number of seats already obtained + 1.
The list that gets the highest result wins the seat.
Full staff representatives shall be appointed in the order of their presentation on the list of candidates.
Each list shall be allocated a number of alternate representatives equal to the number of elected full representatives.
Who can vote to elect staff representatives to the Social Committee?
The conditions to be registered on the list of electors vary depending on whether you are a public servant or a trainee or a contract employee.
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Full-time official
You are registered on the list of electors if you are, on the day of the vote, in an active position, on parental leave or if you are accommodated in the department under the social committee by detachment or making available.
You are not a voter if you otherwise vote for the appointment of staff representatives to the national advisory committee.
Trainee civil servant
You are registered on the list of electors if you are in a position of activity or parental leave the day of the vote.
Contractual
You are registered on the list of electors if you are working, on paid leave or on parental leave.
How is the list of electors established?
The list of electors is drawn up by the administration and posted on the premises of the establishment at least 60 days before the polling date.
Within 8 days after the voters list is posted, you can verify that you are registered and request registration if you are not.
You can also file a complaint against entries or omissions on the list of electors.
At the end of this 8-day period, the administration will post changes to the list of electors within 48 hours.
For 5 days from this posting, complaints may be made against the inscriptions or cancelations pronounced. The administration then decides within 24 hours.
At the end of a period of 16 days following the posting, the list of electors is closed.
No amendment to the list of electors is then permitted unless an event taking effect no later than the day before the vote results in an agent becoming or losing the status of elector.
In this case, the registration or cancelation shall be pronounced at the latest on the day before the election and immediately brought to the attention of the staff by means of a poster.
How many staff representatives are on the Social Committee?
The number of permanent staff representatives on the establishment social committee shall depend on the number of staff covered by the committee:
Number of agents | Number of staff representatives |
|---|---|
Less than 50 | 3 |
From 50 to 99 | 4 (5 incumbents in the absence of specialized training) |
100 to 199 | 6 (7 incumbents in the absence of specialized training) |
200 to 499 | 8 |
500 to 999 | 10 |
1,000 to 1,999 | 12 |
From 2 000 | 15 |
The number of alternate staff representatives shall be equal to the number of full staff representatives.
Who can be a candidate for the election of staff representatives to the Social Committee?
You are eligible for a staff representative seat on the Social Committee if you are registered on the list of electors and if you are not in one of the following situations :
- In long-term leave or in long-term leave (LTC) or in sick leave
- Prohibited from voting and election by a court
- Have been demoted or temporarily excluded from office from 16 days to 2 years without amnesty or erasure from your file.
The lists of candidates the election of staff representatives to the social committee shall be submitted by trade unions.
Each list of candidates shall include:
- A number of names equal to not less than 2/3 and not more than the number of seats of full and alternate representatives to be filled
- An even number of names
- A number of women and men corresponding to the respective shares of women and men represented on the Social Committee.
The lists may be common to several trade union organizations.
The same candidate cannot be presented by several lists.
How is the poll conducted?
The vote can take place at the ballot box, by correspondence or by electronic means.
If electronic voting is used, voting at the ballot box or by post is not possible.
In the event of a ballot box, the elections shall be held publicly in the establishment during working hours. Voting must be open without interruption for at least 7 hours.
In the case of postal voting, the envelopes sent by the electors, at the expense of the administration, must reach the polling station before the closing time of the poll.
Staff representatives shall be elected to the list ballot, or where the number of staff in the department or departments for which the Social Administrative Committee is established is less than or equal to 50, vote on acronym.
The list ballot is an election system in which voters vote for lists of candidates presented by trade union organizations.
The vote on acronym is an election system in which voters vote for the acronym of a trade union organization. The votes obtained by the trade union organization determine the number of seats for which it then freely appoints the full and alternate members.
In the case of a list ballot, you can only vote for an entire list of candidates, without deletion or addition of names and without modification of the order of presentation of candidates. Any ballot that does not comply with these prohibitions is void.
The counting of the vote takes place from the close of voting.
At the end of the counting and without delay, the results are announced.
How are elected staff representatives appointed?
The staff representatives are elected by proportional representation according to the highest average rule.
Once the votes validly cast have been counted, the electoral quotient is calculated.
The electoral quotient shall be equal to the total number of valid votes cast divided by the number of incumbent staff representatives to be elected.
The number of incumbent seats allocated to each list of candidates shall be calculated by dividing the number of votes received by each list of candidates by the electoral quotient.
Any remaining seats are allocated according to the highest average rule, i.e. the number of votes collected by each list is divided by the number of seats already obtained + 1.
The list that gets the highest result wins the seat.
Full staff representatives shall be appointed in the order of their presentation on the list of candidates.
Each list shall be allocated a number of alternate representatives equal to the number of elected full representatives.
Representation of agents
Composition of the social committees
Composition of the Joint Administrative Commissions
Joint Advisory Commissions
Election of staff representatives to social committees
Election of staff representatives to the Joint Administrative Committees
Election of staff representatives to the Joint Consultative Commissions
Election of staff representatives to the national joint administrative commissions of the FPH
Electronic voting via the internet for professional elections
Composition of the social committees
Composition of the Joint Administrative Commissions
Composition of the Joint Consultative Commissions in the State Civil Service
Composition of the Joint Consultative Commissions in the Territorial Civil Service
Composition of the joint advisory committees in the hospital civil service
Provisions applicable to professional firefighters