A regional perspective on the French 35 hour week policy : tracing policy-making and implementation from nord-Pas-de-Calais to Paris

In 1998, the French Socialist Government reduced the statutory workweek to 35 hours. This work time reduction policy was implemented in response to the country's chronic unemployment problem, which had seen unemployment average over 10% during the previous decade. The 35 hour week sought to red...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flutter, Chlöe
Other Authors: Clark, Gordon
Published: University of Oxford 2003
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270070