Oct 12, 2014
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In a document that was leaked to the newspaper Les Echos the MEDEF employers association came up with controversial proposals how to increase jobs. The trade unions opposed the suggestion from the country's main employers' association to cut the number of holidays, increase the hours that workers put in each week and pay below the minimum wage.
In a document that was leaked to the newspaper Les Echos the MEDEF employers association came up with controversial proposals how to increase jobs. The trade unions opposed the suggestion from the country's main employers' association to cut the number of holidays, increase the hours that workers put in each week and pay below the minimum wage. The MEDEF document said that getting rid of two out of 11 annual holidays would allow 100,000 jobs to be created, and recommended allowing retailers to open on Sundays and later in the evening. It also urged more flexibility on the limits on the work week, now 35 hours, and suggested people now getting only a minimum income state benefit might supplement their income by working for less than the minimum wage, currently 9.53 euro per hour.
English: http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/french-unions-furious-at-proposal-to-cut-holidays ...
French: http://www.lesechos.fr/economie-france/social ...
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