As we kick back over a weekend, there is surely a lesson to be learned here......
"French IT staff at Google, Facebook and other companies have won new protections against burnout: the right to unplug.
A new agreement with employers gives more than 300,000 tech-sector workers added guarantees that the "always connected" lifestyle enabled by smartphones won't infringe on their rights under France's famous 35-hour workweek.
Union official Michel de la Force said the deal didn't mean staff would be forced to turn off their phones at 6pm, as some media have reported.
"They haven't read the agreement," De la Force said.
The deal gives workers at risk of burnout a right to disconnect, but does not change their working hours. The deal also only covers workers, such as consultants, who already have flexible schedules, not employees on fixed shifts.
The agreement between two French unions and two employers' federations for the technology and consulting industries came about after a court last year found previous working time protections in the sector to be insufficient."
"French IT staff at Google, Facebook and other companies have won new protections against burnout: the right to unplug.
A new agreement with employers gives more than 300,000 tech-sector workers added guarantees that the "always connected" lifestyle enabled by smartphones won't infringe on their rights under France's famous 35-hour workweek.
Union official Michel de la Force said the deal didn't mean staff would be forced to turn off their phones at 6pm, as some media have reported.
"They haven't read the agreement," De la Force said.
The deal gives workers at risk of burnout a right to disconnect, but does not change their working hours. The deal also only covers workers, such as consultants, who already have flexible schedules, not employees on fixed shifts.
The agreement between two French unions and two employers' federations for the technology and consulting industries came about after a court last year found previous working time protections in the sector to be insufficient."
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