the candidates’ proposals on the issue of working time
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Belgium has recently taken the plunge, the four-day week is being tested in Spain and the United Kingdom. If we had to go to four days in France, it would be a small revolution. The 8 p.m. comparator looks, this Monday, February 21, at the proposals of the candidates on the question of working time.
Since the establishment of the 35 hours, it is the sea serpent of French politics. What do the presidential candidates think, less than 50 days before the election? The comparator of 8 p.m. looked into the question. Philippe Poutou wants to switch to the 28-hour week. For Nathalie Arthaud, unemployment requires a better distribution of work, without specifying the duration. A position shared by Fabien Roussel and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who proposes to reflect on the transition to 32 hours, and without a reduction in salary for the communist.
Reduction of working time too, for Anne Hidalgo and Yannick Jadot, without a quantified objective. A Conversely, Valérie Pécresse, in addition to tax exemption for overtime, no longer wants legal working hours, but negotiations by companies or by branches. Agreements in the company, this is also what Marine Le Pen proposes, but she does not want to touch the legal duration of 35 hours, just like Éric Zemmour. In 2017, Emmanuel Macron thought about modulating working time according to the age of employees. It remains to be seen whether the measure will feature in its possible future program.