French workers used to be envied, but after suicides at car-maker Renault, unions are blaming US-style methods for shattering the harmony. Kim Willsher reports from ParisIt is generally agreed – with gloating on one side of the Channel and grumbling the other – that French workers have an easier time than their American and British (Anglo-Saxon) colleagues.Strict job laws, vigorously upheld by courts, protect them from being randomly fired or made redundant. Generous holidays, early retirement and a 35-hour working week mean they spend less time at the employment coalface. As a result, our Gallic neighbours are frequently, if unfairly, caricatured as workshy layabouts. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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