(i found this interesting, because i have heard this was being considered in germany, as a means to lower their unemployment as well....)
Parliament allows employers to increase time by 220 hours a year
The Associated Press
Updated: 11:03 a.m. ET March 22, 2005
PARIS - French lawmakers effectively abolished the country"s 35-hour workweek Tuesday by allowing employers to increase working hours.
The National Assembly approved a government-backed bill permitting employers to negotiate deals with staff to increase working time by 220 hours a year in return for better pay.
The previous Socialist government introduced the 35-hour workweek as a means of reducing soaring unemployment. The idea was that companies would hire more employees to compensate.
But France still has an unemployment rate of nearly 10 percent, and President Jacques Chirac has criticized the shortened workweek as a "brake" on economic development and job creation.
But France still has an unemployment rate of nearly 10 percent, and President Jacques Chirac has criticized the shortened workweek as a "brake" on economic development and job creation.
The only thing that will help their economy is to get rid of all the frogs and replace them with mexicans and asians!
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The previous Socialist government introduced the 35-hour workweek as a means of reducing soaring unemployment. The idea was that companies would hire more employees to compensate.
But France still has an unemployment rate of nearly 10 percent, and President Jacques Chirac has criticized the shortened workweek as a "brake" on economic development and job creation.
Duhhhhh!!!!! No wonder they're all screwed up. They have no concept of Econ 101 at all.[:'(]
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French bid au revoir to 35-hour workweek
