>> And then they are only allowed to work 35 hours a week. They said the "employment police" would stake out their building to ensure nobody worked too long.

>> And then they are only allowed to work 35 hours a week. They said the "employment police" would stake out their building to ensure nobody worked too long. This is a myth. 35 hours a week is a reference figure (likely to go the way of the dodo with the next president btw) after which overtime regulations are triggered for some types of employees (mostly blue collar). White collar hours aren't regulated at all in the same way, they're just supposed to get some extra days off ("RTT") since that law came in force. It's true the "employment police" in France can indeed be full of nasty anti-business commies (a famous hard left politician in France spent his whole career there), but it's a total urban legend they'd be staking out a building looking for overtimers.