I was working in an office that had to follow French laws and norms, and I had a _contractor_* that refused to do her job. She wouldn't show up for work, when

I was working in an office that had to follow French laws and norms, and I had a _contractor_* that refused to do her job. She wouldn't show up for work, when she did she'd play Farmville or be on Facebook. It was a data entry job with an objective way to measure performance, and she was accomplishing about 1/3rd of the other employees. I couldn't just not renew her contract. I had to document her shortcomings, have her sign letters, take her to meetings with HR, etc. IIRC, it took two months to get rid of her after the end of her final contract (we had to keep her on a provisional contract until we finally satisfied all the requirements). *We were paying salaries based on annual grants from other organizations, so all the positions were advertised (and accepted) as one year contracts.