"French 35-hour work week reconsidered" Growing economical difficulties led the French Government to bring modifications to the 35-hour work week legislation, making its rules consistently more flexible. As the move towards generalisation of the 35-hour week is stopped (all the companies will now benefit from the tax exemption that was previously awarded solely to the companies applying the 35-hour rule), it is now possible for companies to raise their employee's weekly working time to 39 hours or more for a negotiable extra cost. For an overview of the new French working time regulations, please click anywhere on this text. Statement of practice - French Mergers & Acquisitions, French Corporate & Intellectual Property Law, French Company & Commercial Law, French Employment Law (Employer), French Banking Law, Insolvency, Commercial Leases, Contracts & Litigation |