Disciplinary dismissal on grounds relating to the employee's private life: the uncompromising reminder from the Cour de Cassation

Christine Hillig-Poudevigne, Marion Ayadi and Agathe De Vreese commented, for La Semaine Sociale Lamy, on a ruling delivered on December 10, 2025, by the Social Chamber of the Cour de Cassation concerning an employee’s concealment of their marital status from their employer.

In this case, the Cour de Cassation warns against the misuse of the duty of loyalty to sanction an employee.

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