The Local France

What French workers loathe most: Their smelly colleagues

Tue, 11 Oct 2016 16:23:28 +0200

For office workers in France, the nightmare colleague is not the one who talks too loud or sniffles all day, it's the one who pongs, a survey revealed on Tuesday.

When angry French workers target their bosses

Tue, 06 Oct 2015 14:46:38 +0200

The stripping of Air France chiefs this week is not the only time French workers have taken extreme action against their bosses in a drastic bid to save jobs. Here's a look at five other incidents that could really only happen in France.

'Millions of French workers' close to burnout

Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:13:00 +0100

The French are known for the 35-hour week, a guaranteed five weeks of vacation and as keepers of the sacred notion of a proper lunch break. Yet more than 3 million of the working population is on the brink of burning out, a new study revealed. And what about expats?

French court steps in to give temp worker job

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:56:00 +0100

Was she a victim of France's inflexible labour laws or simply exploited? A medical institute was told to give a permanent contract to a researcher who was laid off last year after being handed 12 separate temporary contracts.

French workers targeted in Swiss hate campaign

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:17:00 +0200

Residents of France who work across the border in Geneva have become the targets of a virulent anti-migrant campaign calling for their houses and cars to be burned.