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April 11, 2014 12:26 am GMT

It's Now Illegal to Answer Work Emails After 6 p.m. in France

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Prepare to book your one-way ticket to France.

France is banning employees from checking and answering work emails after 6 p.m. local time, as one of the most enchanting places to live becomes one of the most enchanting places to work. (This is the same country that created the 35-hour workweek in 1999, if you weren't jealous enough already.)

See also: France Considering an 'Internet Tax' on Personal Data

Employers' federations and unions signed a "new, legally binding" labor agreement on Thursday that will require all staff to turn their phones off after 6 p.m, the Guardian reported. Work email will completely shut down after-hours, so ideally, this would mean that employers wouldn't sending emails either Read more...

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