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Employment law at the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris

In 2025, the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris issued 126 decisions on employment law (17% more than in 2024), that is 2% of its caseload, the same as for all administrative courts of appeal. Below the threshold of 200 decisions a year in a subject, only numbers of decisions are shown.

Activity year by year

On employment law, the number of decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris went from 131 in 2023 to 126 in 2025, with a minimum of 108 in 2024. That is a decrease of 4%, against an increase of 1% for all administrative courts of appeal. Since 2023, the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris has issued 365 decisions on this subject.

Its share of the caseload of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris went from 3% in 2023 to 2% in 2025.

CAA Paris: decisions on employment law per year2023 : Decisions 131 ; 2024 : Decisions 108 ; 2025 : Decisions 1260100200Decisions 2023 : 1312023Decisions 2024 : 1082024Decisions 2025 : 1262025
CAA Paris: decisions on employment law per year
YearDecisionsChangeShare of caseload
2023131–3%
2024108−18%2%
2025126+17%2%

Series start in 2023, the first full year in which the decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris were published. CAA Paris stands for Cour administrative d'appel de Paris. Share of caseload: share of the subject among all the decisions of the court, computed from 200 decisions a year.

See also Cour administrative d'appel de Paris: all subjects Employment law in France

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Same subject in the courts of appeal

The 9 administrative courts of appeal issued 586 decisions on employment law in 2025 between them; the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris issued 126, that is 22%.

On employment law, the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris issued 126 of the 586 decisions of all administrative courts of appeal, or 22%. The share of this subject in the caseload ranges from 1% for 4 of the 9 courts to 5% for the administrative court of appeal of Nancy; it is 2% for the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris.

Decisions on employment law in 2025
Administrative courts of appeal: Employment law
CourtDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Cour administrative d'appel de Nancy1495%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Paris1262%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles782%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Douai482%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Marseille422%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Nantes411%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon391%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux381%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Toulouse251%––

Share of caseload: share of the subject among all the decisions of the court. Dismissal rate not computed below 200 decisions on the subject; median time: judgments and rulings only, excluding orders, not computed below 200 judgments.

See also In cassation: Conseil d'État Employment law in France Cour administrative d'appel de Paris: all subjects

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The other subjects of the court

With 126 decisions, or 2% of the total of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris, this subject comes behind civil service (249) and ahead of social welfare (97).

Decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris by subject in 2025
Decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris by subject in 2025
SubjectDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Immigration2,56651%80%9 months
Tax60912%75%18 months
Civil service2495%78%18 months
Employment law1262%––
Social welfare972%––
Public health802%––
Local authorities and public property661%––
Policing621%––
Planning and building permits541%––
Public procurement271%––
Education210.4%––
Environment and agriculture150.3%––
Housing130.3%––
Driving licences80.2%––
Elections50.1%––
Other subjects1,06921%63%13 months

Subject determined from the legal texts cited in each decision; “other subjects” groups decisions without a characteristic text. Detailed pages exist from 50 decisions on the subject.

See also Cour administrative d'appel de Paris: all subjects France

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Understanding these figures

What these figures count

Of the 5,067 decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris in 2025, 126 fall under employment law (2%), based on the legal texts they cite; 1,069 (21%) fall under no identified subject and appear under “Other subjects”.

Frequently asked questions

How many decisions on employment law did the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris issue in 2025?

The Cour administrative d'appel de Paris issued 126 decisions on employment law in 2025 (17% more than in 2024), that is 2% of its 5,067 decisions. Since 2023 the total is 365 decisions.

Why is no dismissal rate or median time shown for employment law at the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris?

With 126 decisions in 2025, the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris stays below the threshold of 200 decisions a year in this subject: below it, a dismissal rate or a median time would vary too much from one year to the next. Only numbers of decisions are shown.

How much of the caseload of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris does this subject represent?

It accounts for 2% of the 5,067 decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris in 2025, the same as for all administrative courts of appeal.

How many decisions on employment law did the other administrative courts of appeal issue?

In 2025, the administrative courts of appeal of Nancy, Versailles and Douai issued 149, 78 and 48 respectively. The others issued fewer.