Laurence Pécaut-Rivolier

A graduate of the École nationale de la magistrature, Laurence Pécaut-Rivolier holds a doctorate in law and is a member of the Social Division of the final court of appeal. She spent over fifteen years as a district judge, with particular responsibility for industrial elections, and was President of the National Association of District Judges from 1999 to 2006. In 2003, Laurence Pécaut-Rivolier was appointed vice-president of the Aubervilliers district court, before joining the final court of appeal in 2006 as referendary counsel to the social division. In 2014, she became Deputy Inspector General of Judicial Services, before joining the final court of appeal again in 2017 as Advisor to the Social Division. Laurence Pécaut-Rivolier was Deputy President of the Commission de la Carte d'Identité des Journalistes Professionnels. She is the author or co-author of several books.

Laurence Pécaut-Rivolier joined Arcom in January 2022. She chairs Arcom's "Protection des publics et diversité de la société française" working group. She is also vice-president of the "Radios and digital audio" working group.

• Training: History degree; DEA in general private law; Doctorate in law; École nationale de la magistrature.
• Magistrate in Clermont de l'Oise (1991-1994)
• Head of Legal Affairs Office, Ministry of Overseas France (1994-1996)
• Magistrate's Court, Paris Xe, and arbitrator for industrial tribunals, Paris (1996-2001).
• Magistrate's Court, Paris IIe (2001-2003)
• Vice-President of the Aubervilliers district court, in charge of district court administration (2003-2006)
• Conseiller référendaire at the final court of appeal, social division (2006-2014)
• Deputy Inspector General of Judicial Services (2014-2017)
• Advisor to the social chamber of the final court of appeal (2017-2021)

Special responsibilities

• Full member of the Tribunal des conflits since 2019
• Deputy Chairman of the National Commission for Journalists' Cards
• Member of the Parisian Observatory for Secularism
• Member of the Academic Council of Université Paris 2
• Vice-Chairwoman of the French Employment Law Association
• Member of the steering committee for employment seminars (Ministry of the Economy/Ministry of Labour)
• Coordinator, Conseil d'Etat/Cour de cassation working group
• Coordinator, Editorial Committee, Lettre de la Chambre sociale

Publications

• Justice et intelligence artificielle, préparer demain, éditions Dalloz 2020. Series of articles co-authored with mathematician Stephane Robin
• La réforme des tutelles, ombres et lumières, Dalloz 2006 (with Thierry Fossier and Alain Bauer).
• Protéger un majeur vulnérable, éditions Delmas 2015
• Curatelles et tutelles, éditions Litec 2009, collective work
• Le guide des élections professionnelles et représentants en entreprise, 3rd edition Dalloz 2016 (with Marie-Laure Morin and Yves Struillou)
• Les 13 paradoxes du droit du travail, éditions Lamy 2011 (edited by Ph.Waquet)
• Pouvoirs de l'employeur et libertés du salarié, éditions Liaisons sociales 2014 (with Y.Struillou and Ph.waquet)
• Le guide du CHSCT, with G.Loiseau and PY Verkindt (prix du livre juridique du Conseil Constitutionnel).
• La représentation du personnel en entreprise, co-written with Pascal Lokiec, Grégoire Loiseau and Pierre-Yves Verkindt, éditions Dalloz 2019