Rejection of virtual training enterprise project upheld

ATA/572/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberSep 15, 1998Dismissed

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Omnilex summary

The court upheld the cantonal employment office’s refusal to approve a proposed virtual training enterprise for unemployed trainees. It held that the office acted non-arbitrarily by considering that professional internships were better suited to first-time job seekers, that the project was too broad in relation to the intended public, and that the proposed director lacked sufficient technical skills for the envisaged objectives. The challenge was dismissed.

Omnilex headnote

Art. 60 al. 1 LACI; review of the approval of a training measure project for unemployed persons: the competent authority enjoys a margin of assessment in determining whether a proposed measure is suitable and adapted to the target group. A refusal is not arbitrary where it rests on objective criteria, in particular the adequacy of the measure for the persons concerned, the coherence between the project’s scope and its intended purpose, and the qualifications of the persons responsible for implementation. The court intervenes only where the assessment is manifestly untenable or based on irrelevant considerations.

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Descripteurs

FORMATION PROFESSIONNELLE; CHOMAGE; PROCEDURE ADMINISTRATIVE; POUVOIR D'EXAMEN; INDICATION DES VOIES DE DROIT; MOTIVATION; EP

Normes

LACI.60 al.1

Résumé

N'est pas arbitraire la décision de l'office cantonal de l'emploi rejetant le projet de créer une entreprise d'entraînement (virtuelle) destinée à des stagiaires chômeurs, aux motifs que les stages professionnels étaient mieux adaptés aux primo-demandeurs d'emploi, que le projet était trop large par rapport aux publics visés et que le directeur potentiel de cette entreprise ne disposait pas de suffisamment de compétences techniques au vu des objectifs visés.

Keywords

unemploymentvocational trainingadministrative discretionarbitrarinesssuitability assessmentprofessional internship

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the cantonal employment office lawfully rejected the project to create a virtual training enterprise for unemployed trainees under Art. 60(1) LACI.

Extracted holding

The refusal was not arbitrary; the office could rely on the suitability of professional internships for first-time job seekers, the project’s excessive breadth in relation to the target group, and the insufficient technical competence of the proposed director.

Extracted reasoning

The assessment remained within the authority’s review powers and was based on concrete suitability criteria tied to the program’s goals; the challenged decision therefore did not breach the law or constitutional limits.

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