Friday, September 26, 2014

'We just don’t work hard enough in France’

The outspoken Pierre Gattaz, head of business group Medef, has been at it again.

After prompting severe rises in blood pressure rates among the country’s trade unions by suggesting the number of public holidays should be cut and the rules around the famous 35-hour week be loosened, Gattaz has stirred up another hornet’s nest.

On Thursday in an interview with BFM TV, he questioned the work ethic of his compatriots.

“It has to be said, we just don’t work hard enough in France,” said Gattaz.

“We are working 1661 hours per year in France compared to an EU average of 1850 hours, nearly 200 hours less a year. It’s a month and half less at work,” argued the president of France’s bosses' union.

 His claims that French workers put in less hours than many of their European counterparts are backed up by a labour ministry report published last year which stated French workers put in an average of 39.5 hours a week in 2011, slightly behind the EU average of 40.3 hours and the 41-hour working week in Germany and 42.4 hours in the UK. Full story...

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