France, Work | featured news

With its long vacations, short hours and myriad workers' rights, France has a reputation for being a hard place to do business. Now add this to the mix: A law working its way through parliament would grant amnesty to workers who have ransacked their company's offices or threatened their bosses during a labor dispute.

French workers will soon have to stay on the job -- for all of 35 hours a week -- until they are 62.

French legislators have approved a divisive bill that allows more stores to stay open - and more people to work - on Sundays.