Sacking and prosecution

After a phone call in May 2012 for a prior interview, he was officially dismissed for serious misconduct on 11 June 2012. At the end of the dismissal letter, Roy was accused of having made a 12-day trip to Argentina with an unlicensed agent despite opposition from management and without prior preparation.^[7] Contesting the reasons for his dismissal, the employee applied to the Nice Labor Court, which by judgment in June 2013, said that the dismissal had no real and serious cause and condemned the employer for payment of the sums of €22,159 in addition to paid leave relating thereto as a reminder of salary, €97,500 in addition to paid vacation relating thereto as compensation in lieu of notice, €113,750 in severance pay, €37,573 in addition to paid vacation relating to it match and classification bonuses, €90,000 in addition to paid holidays relating thereto as maintenance bonus, €300,000 as damages for unfair dismissal, €3,000 on the basis of the provisions of article 700 of the code of civil procedure besides whole costs.^[7]

OGC Nice appealed against that judgment, arguing, first, that Roy should not have received his second remuneration as supervisor from November 2011 to the extent that it was agreed that he would give up, from this date, the daily management of the first team to occupy only its function of sports director. Nice considered, secondly, that the dismissal was perfectly regular, even in the absence of prior referral to the Legal Commission of the Professional Football League, and this insofar as its employee was not covered by the charter professional football, but the collective agreement for administrative and similar football staff (CCPAAF). Thirdly, the Club considered that the dismissal of Roy was perfectly justified in view of his insubordination and his lack of loyalty.

The case ended with Nice paying Roy nearly €300,000 for a wrongful dismissal.^[8]