<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">La Cour de Cassation, le 28 avril dernier, &eacute;nonce&nbsp;:</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; background: white;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">&laquo;&nbsp;<em>Seul l'examen pratiqu&eacute; par le m&eacute;decin du travail en application des articles R.4624-21 et R.4624-22 du Code du travail met fin &agrave; la suspension du contrat de travail</em>&nbsp;&raquo;.</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Elle ajoute&nbsp;: &laquo;&nbsp;<em>Il incombe &agrave; l'employeur de prendre l'initiative de cette visite m&eacute;dicale et de convoquer le salari&eacute; par tous moyens</em>&nbsp;&raquo;.</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cet arr&ecirc;t est de grande importance en pratique.</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">En effet, un examen m&eacute;dical de reprise du salari&eacute; doit &ecirc;tre organis&eacute;&nbsp;:</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; background: white;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">&laquo;&nbsp;1&deg; Apr&egrave;s un cong&eacute; de maternit&eacute;,</span></em><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; background: white;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">2&deg; Apr&egrave;s une absence pour cause de maladie professionnelle,</span></em><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; background: white;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">3&deg; Apr&egrave;s une absence d'au moins huit jours pour cause d'accident du travail,</span></em><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; background: white;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">4&deg; Apr&egrave;s une absence d'au moins 21 jours pour cause de maladie ou d'accident non professionnel ;</span></em><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; background: white;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">5&deg; En cas d'absences r&eacute;p&eacute;t&eacute;es pour raisons de sant&eacute;.&nbsp;&raquo;</span></em><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cet examen, qui a lieu lors de la reprise du travail, et au plus tard dans un d&eacute;lai de 8&nbsp;jours, a pour objet </span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">d'appr&eacute;cier l'aptitude m&eacute;dicale du salari&eacute; &agrave; reprendre son ancien emploi, la n&eacute;cessit&eacute; d'une adaptation des conditions de travail ou d'une r&eacute;adaptation du salari&eacute; ou &eacute;ventuellement de l'une et de l'autre de ces mesures.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Avec cette d&eacute;cision, la Cour de cassation rappelle que si c'est &agrave; l&rsquo;employeur d'organiser cette visite, cela signifie que c'est donc &agrave; lui de convoquer le salari&eacute; &agrave; celle-ci.</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">L'employeur ne peut donc plus se contenter de laisser le m&eacute;decin convier le salari&eacute;, comme c'&eacute;tait le cas dans la pr&eacute;sente affaire.</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">D&eacute;sormais, en pratique, il faudra veiller&nbsp;&agrave; convoquer le salari&eacute; par tout moyen ; une lettre RAR nous semblant le moyen le plus efficace, notamment &agrave; titre de preuve.</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Souvenons nous que tant que la visite de reprise n'est pas correctement organis&eacute;e, le contrat de travail reste suspendu.</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Or, durant cette p&eacute;riode de suspension, l&rsquo;employeur ne peut agir valablement sur le contrat, quel que soit le comportement du salari&eacute;. Ainsi, un licenciement notifi&eacute; durant cette p&eacute;riode serait sans cause r&eacute;elle et s&eacute;rieuse, voire nul.</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Organiser la visite de reprise est donc obligatoire.</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Mais bien l&rsquo;organiser est essentiel.</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
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