The French 35 hour week is a fiction these days. While it applies to government
employees, there are so many exemptions in the law that private firms can
easily get around it. This is why it has not hurt France's economy very much,
and in fact it has come through the current crisis in better shape than many
other countries.
Nathan
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On Mar 25, 2010, at 12:42 AM, John Hudson wrote:
>
> I know, banker's hours ........... 10am thru to 3pm! No hard feelings. Enjoy
> France's legislated 35 hour work week. Sarky might be wanting to change
> those hours !
>
> jh
>
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>
>> Yep, just the odd day here and there to look after the kids. I am actually
>> in France at the moment on business rather than on leave though.
>>
>> I had no idea (until this evening that is) that our mail server had been
>> sending out of office alerts to the list. That never used to happen, I'll
>> have to look in to it.
>>
>> Apologies once again and I don't have that much time off, honest !! :-)
>>
>>
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>> Subject: Re: [OM] Jason Gidden/SYSTEMS/LONDON/BFI/BNP is out of the
>> office.
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>>
>>
>> Didn't he take time off last week ? :-))
>>
>>
>>
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>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 6:18 PM
>> Subject: [OM] Jason Gidden/SYSTEMS/LONDON/BFI/BNP is out of the office.
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>>
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