{"id":20302,"date":"2014-04-09T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/when-the-french-clock-off-at-6pm-they-really-mean-it\/"},"modified":"2016-07-20T17:09:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T10:09:54","slug":"when-the-french-clock-off-at-6pm-they-really-mean-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/when-the-french-clock-off-at-6pm-they-really-mean-it\/","title":{"rendered":"When the French clock off at 6pm, they really mean it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nA new labour agreement in France means that employees must ignore their bosses&#8217; work emails once they are out of the office and relaxing at home \u2013 even on their smartphonesSweden trials 6-hour work day: what would improve your work-life balance?Just in case you weren&#8217;t jealous enough of the French already, what with their effortless style, lovely accents and collective will to calorie control, they have now just banned bosses from bothering them once the working day is done.Well, sort of. Apr\u00e8s noticing that the ability of bosses to invade their employees&#8217; home lives via smartphone at any heure of the day or night was enabling real work hours to extend further and further beyond the 35-hour week the country famously introduced in 1999, workers&#8217; unions have been fighting back. Now employers&#8217; federations and unions have signed a new, legally binding labour agreement that will require employers to make sure staff &#8220;disconnect&#8221; outside of working hours. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/shortcuts\/2014\/apr\/09\/french-6pm-labour-agreement-work-emails-out-of-office\" target=\"_blank\">When the French clock off at 6pm, they really mean it<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; A new labour agreement in France means that employees must ignore their bosses&#8217; work emails&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-5hs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":75601,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rail-bosses-seek-to-defend-uk-train-fare-rises-amid-protests-at-stations\/","url_meta":{"origin":20302,"position":0},"title":"Rail bosses seek to defend UK train fare rises amid protests at stations","date":"January 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Rail Delivery Group chief claims increases will help improve services as commuter groups hold demos at busiest stations Rail bosses have defended the biggest annual increase in train fares in five years in the face of dozens of demonstrations against the rise by commuter groups and unions at the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15836,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-best-bosses-in-the-uk-2016-voted-for-by-their-employees\/","url_meta":{"origin":20302,"position":1},"title":"The best bosses in the UK 2016, voted for by their employees","date":"June 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...The best bosses in the UK 2016, voted for by their employees","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":137830,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/stressed-uae-workers-trust-bosses-to-help-them-from-burning-out\/","url_meta":{"origin":20302,"position":2},"title":"Stressed UAE workers trust bosses to help them from burning out","date":"June 23, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Employees in the UAE are more loyal to bosses who care about their stress levels\r \r Source : arabianbusiness.com\r Read more...Stressed UAE workers trust bosses to help them from burning out","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/stress-at-work-1000x666-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":137392,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/business-hub-downer-nz-hawkins-bosses-of-two-giant-businesses\/","url_meta":{"origin":20302,"position":3},"title":"Business Hub: Downer NZ, Hawkins &#8211; bosses of two giant businesses","date":"June 16, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Downer has around 25,000 employees in Australia and around 10,000 in New Zealand.\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Business Hub: Downer NZ, Hawkins - bosses of two giant businesses","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":62655,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ftse-100-chiefs-earn-160-times-the-average-wage-study-reveals\/","url_meta":{"origin":20302,"position":4},"title":"FTSE 100 chiefs earn 160 times the average wage, study reveals","date":"August 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r High Pay Centre report prompts calls for cuts in executive remuneration and shows female top bosses also face gender pay gapOrdinary employees would have to work for 160 years to earn the average remuneration of FTSE 100 chief executives in 2016, according to new research. 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