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March 17, 2006
Cry Me a River Seine
This week, students were protesting a newly passed law that has the support of Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, a leading presidential candidate from Chirac's party. The measure, due to go into effect in April, will make it easier to hire and fire young people at a time when the youth unemployment rate averages 23 percent.
The protesters' anger focuses on provisions that will allow companies to fire employees under 26 at any time during their first two years of work, without cause. [emphasis added]
Welcome to the real world and adulthood. Who heard of such nonsense as to complain about at-will employment?
Posted by Aaron at March 17, 2006 09:35 AM
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Aaron, this is at will employment applied only to a particular age group. We call that age descrimination in this country. They don't have at will employment in France for anyone over 26. This isn't whining, it protest against a discriminatory policy.
Posted by: IaintBacchus at March 17, 2006 09:45 AM
You're right! At will employment for everyone!
Posted by: Aaron at March 17, 2006 10:11 AM
That would be a perfectly fair araingement. And isn't likely to happen any time soon in France.
Posted by: IaintBacchus at March 17, 2006 12:26 PM
And some wonder why France's economy is in the toilet...
Posted by: Pam at March 17, 2006 02:12 PM
Most French people seem to enjoy a fairly high standard of living. So what if they want to sacrfice a little GDP growth for at will employment?
For a so=called Christian, you are very judgmental.
Posted by: paul at March 17, 2006 03:15 PM
They don't have at will employment. At will employment means that a company can hire and/or fire you at will (and an employee can leave at any time as well). They aren't bound by law to keep you if you do a crappy job or if their earnings go south. That's what we have here in America. And it's why unemployment in France is so abysmally high: companies can't lay anyone off and they are afraid to hire people they won't be able to get rid of if they do a poor job, so they hire as few as they can get away with. Not to mention the much higher tax rate on everyone, businesses included. That's not judgment, that's fact.
Being a Christian in my mind doesn't mean I can't make a judgment call if I so desire. Why do you constantly bring religion into everything? I don't go about spouting scripture 24 hours a day...in fact, I am usually quite private about my beliefs. Who'da thunkit? Obviously not you. Cut the ad hominem baloney.
Posted by: Pam at March 17, 2006 07:52 PM