The French government just passed a law that changes the rules
for companies that make a first time mistake in good faith
concerning an administrative obligation: they can no longer be the
object of a financial penalty or deprived of a benefit in
repercussion of that first mistake! It's called "the
right to error"! It however does not concern the
obligations of an employer towards its employees, towards the
Administration.
So, what is it?
The right to error rests on good faith: the burden of proof is
reversed, it will be up to the administration to show that a person
or company has demonstrated bad faith in making the error.
This is the possibility for every person or company to make a
mistake in their statements to the administration without risking a
penalty for the first violation. Everyone must be able to rectify -
spontaneously or during a check - when the mistake is made in good
faith.
