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France gives workers 'right to disconnect' from work email

Sat, 31 Dec 2016 08:17:19 +0100

French companies will be required to guarantee a "right to disconnect" to their employees from Sunday as the country seeks to tackle the modern-day scourge of compulsive out-of-hours email checking.

Woman held after 'mailing erotic pics' to French minister

Fri, 26 Feb 2016 11:47:37 +0100

A 29-year-old woman has been placed in police custody for allegedly sending "malicious messages" and "erotic photos" to France's Minister for Economy, Emmanuel Macron.

Let's ditch internal emails: French boss

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:38:00 +0100

The head of one of France's largest IT firms, Atos, has said he would like emails between employees to be a thing of the past by 2013.