Employees now have the explicit right not to answer work related emails and calls after official work hours
supposedly France is unique in this, from a legislative point of view
a lot of countries have an office culture where sending emails late at night is equal to 'working hard and giving it your all'
the French government wants to lower burnout numbers
Meanwhile Japanese government has put a law in place very recently where employees get the last Friday of the month off. Six day working weeks with 12 hours of work a day are considered the norm in Japan so fatigue and burnout are high over there
and Sweden is experimenting with work days of 6 instead of 8 hours. btw in Scandinavia emails and calls after work hours are considered bad time management on behalf of both the employer and employee and are (supposedly) a telltale sign that you are lacking at work (so quite the opposite to what the perception is in most countries)
getting back to France ... while I can see the upside for employees France should remain vigilant as they are severely lagging behind in an international market already. the ever present strikes (unions are a major force in France) are no bueno for multinationals and have been keeping investors away
it's not an easy tightrope to walk
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