French Court to Rule on 35-Hour Workweek
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A French court is to rule as early as Friday on a trade union challenge over a labor agreement at car maker Renault, in a case that could have implications for the country's 35-hour workweek.
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France&#39;s prime minister has announced plans to let workers negotiate workweeks that exceed the current 35-hour limit. Jean-Pierre Raffarin also vowed to cut the current 9.9 percent unemployment rate by a 0.1
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French workers are urged to protest in numbers against the government's plans to reform the 35-hour week.
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A French appeals court on Wednesday  ordered a rapper to be retried for accusing police of brutality  in France&#39;s poor and ethnically diverse suburbs.
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In the latest case of French government intervention in the corporate arena, Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is to meet this week with the group that bottles Perrier mineral water, currently locked in a labor ...
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A French court is to rule on a couple accused of failing to stop a drunk friend driving home and killing a family in a crash.
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BRUSSELS The European Commission proposed on Wednesday to water down the rules that govern maximum working hours for employees, bowing to pressure from business and from Eastern European members of the EU seeking to catch up with their richer western
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Troubled German car maker Opel, a unit of General Motors, is planning to extend the working week for employees from 35 to 40 hours without any corresponding rise in pay, the mass-circulation daily Bild reported.
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REGINA (CP) - Saying it's striking a blow for part-time workers, Saskatchewan's NDP government released draft rules Friday to force large companies to hand out extra hours of work on a seniority basis.
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An Italian court ruled Friday that 35 people should stand trial in connection with a CIA "extraordinary rendition" program that involves the alleged kidnapping and transfer of terror suspects to third countries, where critics say they are tortured.
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A French appeal court will give its verdict on December 1 in the case of former Prime Minister Alain Juppe, found guilty in January on corruption charges.
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Airbus  is considering extending its workweek to 40 hours from 35 hours without compensation as part of the European planemaker's restructuring plans, German magazine Focus reported.
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A French court will rule on whether a new law bans three Sikh boys from wearing the under-turban to school.
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French police widened an investigation into a trading scandal at Societe Generale  as a court prepared to rule on Friday whether Jerome Kerviel, the trader blamed for huge losses, should be held in custody.
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Airbus  is considering  extending its workweek to 40 hours from 35 hours without  compensation as part of the European planemaker's restructuring  plans, German magazine Focus reported.
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NEW YORK, August 23 (New Ratings) - The recently announced overtime payment rules by the US Department of Labour are likely to take effect from today.