Executive position: he must have decision-making autonomy. By Frédéric Chhum, Lawyer and Elise de Langlard, Lawyer.

In its judgment of 5 March 2025 (No. 23-23.340), the Social Division of the Court of Cassation made a partial cassation of the decision of the Court of Appeal of Versailles concerning the recognition of the status of manager of an employee. In the present case, the High Court recalls that the mere mention of this status in a contract of employment or in the organization chart of the enterprise is not sufficient to characterize it. Furthermore, i…