Protection of personal data is a priority for the Government of the Principality of Monaco.
The Government of the Principality of Monaco (Ministère d’Etat, place de la visitation, 98000 Monaco) processes personal data of public service users. This personal data is processed by the Department of Employment.
In accordance with the duties entrusted to the Department of Employment (Sovereign Ordinance no. 16.675 of 18 February 2005 establishing the Department of Employment) or, where applicable, a legitimate interest, this data is required when pertaining to:
- Studying and drawing up draft legislation and regulations in the field of employment law
- Applying employment legislation and regulations
- Monitoring the application of international employment law conventions
- Monitoring, in all industrial, commercial, and small-scale establishments, the application of legal and regulatory provisions concerning working conditions and the protection of workers in the areas of health, safety and hygiene
- Informing employers and employees about the status of employment legislation and regulations and how they are applied
- Implementing consultation and collective bargaining between social partners
- Information, guidance, monitoring and placement of jobseekers
- Issuing work permits and employment authorisations, with prior assurance from the Police Department in compliance with the provisions of Article I-2 of Sovereign Ordinance no. 765 of 13 November 2006, amended, that the job seeker is not likely to be a threat to public order
- The allocation and payment of recruitment subsidies
- Monitoring compliance with legislation on conditions of recruitment and termination of employment
- Managing the unemployment compensation scheme
- Statistical and analytical studies on the employment market and its prospects
- Any other tasks relating to employment with which it is entrusted
Exercise of data subjects' rights
In accordance with Articles 10 et seq of the Act 1.565 of 3 December 2024 on the protection of personal data, all data subjects have the following rights:
- A right of access to personal data (Article 12)
- A right to rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data (Article 13)
- A right to erasure of data (Article 14)
- A right to restrict processing (Article 15)
- A right to object to processing, if the processing is based on the public interest or is necessary for the purposes of a legitimate interest (Article 17)
- The right to withdraw consent, if the processing is based on (Article 6)
Data subjects can exercise their rights by submitting a request to the Department of Employment:
- By post:
Direction du Travail
17 Rue Princesse Florestine
98000 Monaco - By email: directiondutravail@gouv.mc
To verify their identity, but only where there is reasonable doubt, they may be asked to provide proof of their identity by submitting a black and white copy of an identity document that includes a photograph bearing the signature of the holder. The copy of the identity document is destroyed once the request is processed.
A response will be provided within one month from receipt of the request, unless the request is complex or involves multiple issues.
Contact details for the Data Protection Officer
If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data and your rights, you may also contact the Data Protection Officer of the Government of the Principality of Monaco at the following address: dpd@gouv.mc.
Complaints
If, after contacting us, you consider, that your rights have not been respected, you can submit a complaint to the Data Protection Authority (APDP)
Processing operation: "Hiring domestic staff"
Purpose
As part of the Employment Portal Programme aimed at improving and modernising support for employees' career development in the Principality of Monaco, the Department of Employment uses the following personal data processing in accordance with its duties as set out in the regulatory provisions.
The purpose of this processing is "Hiring domestic staff".
It is Justified by:
- On grounds of public interest, in accordance with the Act no. 629 of 17 July 1957 regulating the conditions of recruitment and dismissal in the Principality and Sovereign Ordinance no. 16.675 of 18 February 2005 establishing the Department of Employment
- The consent of the data subjects
Categories of personal data and retention periods
Categories of collected data | Retention period |
Identity | Five years from the final application status |
Addresses and contact details | Five years from the final application status |
Temporal information |
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Data relating to the application | Five years from the final application status |
Supporting documents | Five years from the final application status |
Electronic identification data | One year from the date of access to the system |
The data collected as part of the aforementioned processing is compulsory and essential for users to gain access to the services offered by the Department of Employment as part of said processing.
Recipients of personal data
The personal data listed above will be shared with the accredited civil servants and other government officials from the Department of Employment and to the following recipients only:
- Accredited staff from the Information Technologies Department (DSI), as part of support and maintenance purposes
- Accredited staff from the Digital Services Department as part of support, maintenance and application development purposes
The personal data will not be communicated for commercial or advertising purposes.
Transfers of personal data
No personal data is transferred as part of this processing.
Processing operation: "Management of employment in the Principality"
Purpose
As part of the Employment Portal Programme aimed at improving and modernising support for employees' career development in the Principality of Monaco, the Department of Employment uses the following personal data processing in accordance with its duties as set out in the regulatory provisions.
The purpose of this processing is "Enabling job seekers and employers to be monitored as part of the employment search process" specifically "Managing employment in the Principality".
It is justified by:
- On grounds of public interest, in accordance with the following provisions:
- The consent of the data subjects
Categories of personal data and retention periods
Categories of collected data | Data retention |
Identity | Until the individual's legal retirement age in the Principality (65) in active storage, plus ten years in intermediate storage |
Addresses and contact details | |
Information relating to the jobseeker's status | Five years after payment of the benefit or allowance for claimants subject to the scheme Or Two years after the date on which the claimant ceases their employment search if they have not received any benefit (unemployment or equivalent) |
Information relating to the jobseeker's search | |
Information relating to the jobseeker's profile | |
Career information | Until the data subject withdraws their consent |
Information relating to the person's correspondence | Five years from receipt of correspondence |
Information relating to the employer's correspondence | |
Data from the authentication process for the "Jobseeker" | Three years from the last connection to the account |
Data from the authentication process for the "Employer" | |
| 15 years from the date the company’s strike off Or Three years from the date of the company's inspection by the Labour Inspectorate Or Three years from the date of the commission |
Employer contact details | Two years from the last contact with the individual |
Information relating to employment offers |
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Information relating to appointments between employers and jobseekers | Five years from the date of the appointment |
Temporal information | One year |
Some of the personal information collected as part of the aforementioned processing is compulsory (e.g. surname, first name). If this information is not provided, access to the Jobseeker area/ Employer area will not be granted.
Recipients of personal data
The personal data listed above will be shared with the accredited civil servants and other government officials from the Department of Employment and to the following recipients only:
- Accredited staff from the Information Technologies Department (DSI), as part of their duties
- Accredited staff from the Digital Services Department (DSN), as part of their duties
- External service providers acting on behalf of and for the account of the DSI and DSN
The personal data will not be communicated for commercial or advertising purposes.
Transfers of personal data
No personal data is transferred as part of this processing.
Processing operation: "Management of application for employment and work permit"
Purpose
As part of the Employment Portal Programme aimed at improving and modernising support for employees' career development in the Principality of Monaco, the Department of Employment uses the following personal data processing in accordance with its duties as set out in the regulatory provisions.
This processing falls within the duties of the Department of Employment and is justified on grounds of public interest, in accordance with the following provisions:
- Sovereign Ordinance no. 16.675 of 18 February 2005 establishing the Department of Employment
- Act no. 629 of 17 July 1957 regulating the conditions of recruitment and dismissal in the Principality
- Act no. 537 of 12 May 1951 pertaining to the Labour Inspectorate
- Act no. 636 of 11 January 1958 amending and codifying the legislation on reporting, compensation and insurance in connection with accidents at work
- Act No. 444 of 16 May 1946 extending the legislation on accidents at work
- Act no. 1.429 of 04 July 2016 pertaining to teleworking
- Act no. 1.341 of 03 December 2007 pertaining to apprenticeships
Categories of personal data and retention periods
Categories of collected data | Retention period |
Identity | Until the individual's legal retirement age in the Principality (65) in active storage, plus ten years in intermediate storage |
Addresses and contact details | |
Career information | |
Information relating to the employer | 15 years from the date the company’s strike off |
Information relating to foreign contracts | Until the individual's legal retirement age in the Principality (65) in active storage, plus ten years in intermediate storage |
Information relating to employment offers |
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Information relating to the authorisation of a secondment and the secondment itself | Five years from the end of the secondment period |
Information relating to requests for additional information | Five years after the expiry date of the work permit |
Payment methods | Fifteen months following the payment transaction, then intermediate storage for 4 years following the budgetary year |
Billing information | Fifteen months following the payment transaction, then intermediate storage for 4 years following the budgetary year |
Temporal information | One year |
Some of the personal information collected as part of the aforementioned processing is compulsory. If this information is not provided, the user will not be able to submit the request.
Recipients of personal data
The personal data listed above will be shared with the accredited civil servants and other government officials from the Department of Employment and to the following recipients only:
- Accredited staff from the Police Department (DSP), as part of their duties
- Accredited staff from the Office of Occupational Medicine (OMT), as part of their duties
- Accredited staff from the Monaco Social Security Funds (CCSS/CSM), as part of their duties
- Accredited staff from the Information Technologies Department (DSI), as part of their duties
- Accredited staff from the Digital Services Department (DSN), as part of their duties
- External service providers acting on behalf of and for the account of the DSI and DSN
- The service provider in charge of the online payment functionality, exclusively for payment-related information
The personal data will not be communicated for commercial or advertising purposes..
Transfers of personal data
As part of the implementation of this processing, your personal data may be disclosed to the service provider in charge of the online payment functionality located in France.
The transfer of this data is subject to safeguards, such as:
- Adequacy decision (List of countries with an adequate level of protection within the meaning of Monegasque data protection legislation dated 01.04.2009 published by the Monegasque Personal Data Protection Authority)
- Article 97 of the Act 1.565 of 3 December 2024 on the protection of personal data
Processing operation: "Management of accidents at work and occupational illnesses"
Purpose
As part of the Employment Portal Programme aimed at improving and modernising support for employees' career development in the Principality of Monaco, the Department of Employment uses the following personal data processing in accordance with its duties as set out in the regulatory provisions.
The purpose of this processing is "Management of accidents at work and occupational illnesses".
It is justified on grounds of public interest, in accordance with the following provisions:
- Sovereign Ordinance no. 16.675 of 18 February 2005 establishing the Department of Employmen
- Act no. 629 of 17 July 1957 regulating the conditions of recruitment and dismissal in the Principality
- Act no. 537 of 12 May 1951 pertaining to the Labour Inspectorate
- Act no. 636 of 11 January 1958 amending and codifying the legislation on reporting, compensation and insurance in connection with accidents at work
- Act No. 444 of 16 May 1946 extending the legislation on accidents at work
Categories of personal data and retention periods
Categories of collected data | Retention period |
Information relating to the employee, the employer (and/or the temporary employer) and the accident at work | Until the individual's legal retirement age in the Principality (65) in active storage, plus ten years in intermediate storage |
Health data relating to the accident at work
| Until the individual's legal retirement age in the Principality (65) in active storage, plus ten years in intermediate storage |
Temporal information | One year |
The information processed is collected indirectly following notification of the accident to the Labour Inspectorate by the Police Department, in accordance with Articles 14 et seq of the Act no. 636 of 11 January 1958.
Recipients of personal data
The personal data listed above will be shared with the accredited civil servants and other government officials from the Department of Employment and to the following recipients only:
- Accredited staff from the Office of Occupational Medicine (OMT), as part of their duties
- Accredited staff from the Monaco Social Security Funds (CCSS/CSM), as part of their duties
The personal data will not be communicated for commercial or advertising purposes.
Transfers of personal data
No personal data is transferred as part of this processing.