Friday, April 11, 2014
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Work-at-home ban for France
MANAGERS in France have been banned from calling their employees after 6pm. Staff working for digital companies have been told it will be illegal to respond to emails or messages from the office after the working day has ended. And employers risk prosecution if they pressure their staff to look at emails or documents out of hours. As many as 300,000 workers could be affected by president François Hollande’s legislation, including those employed by Google, Facebook, Deloitte and PwC. Michel de la Force, chairman of the General Confederation of Managers, said: ‘We can admit extra work in exceptional circumstances but we must always come back to what is normal, which is to unplug, to
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stop being permanently at work.’ But Jeff Davidson, an expert on work-life balance and the author of Simpler Living, argued the legislation was wrong. ‘Making it company policy would be a far greater and more effective way of proceeding. Technology comes with benefits and detriments,’ he said. France has had an official 35hour working week since 1999 – but unions claimed it was being undermined by the spread of smartphones and digital devices. The beleaguered president will be hoping that the new measure improves his popularity, which has hit a record low as unemployment reaches 11 per cent.
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REMEMBER THE CHILDREN: Sneheeka Dabhade and classmates from City Quay National School taking part in the first ever service of remembrance for the 40 children killed in the 1916 Rising. The service was held at City Quay Church in Dublin yesterday PICTURE: maxwElls
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