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> Eating a salad at your desk may not be the most memorable kind of lunch, but at least you can get some work done. In France, that's forbidden. > The French l
by Zababa 4y ago
> Eating a salad at your desk may not be the most memorable kind of lunch, but at least you can get some work done. In France, that's forbidden.
> The French labor code prohibits workers from eating lunch in the workplace.
Is that a thing? At all my desk jobs I've had collegues (or myself) eating at their desks. It seems like it's indeed a thing https://grh.ooreka.fr/astuce/voir/266456/manger-a-son-poste-de-travail-restrictions-et-interdictions https://grh.ooreka.fr/astuce/voir/266456/manger-a-son-poste-..., but I don't think it's applied for desk jobs. It's the first time I've heard of it.
- nfrankel 4y agoI can confirm it's forbidden. Depending on how sensitive the company (and its lawyers) is, it may be enforced or not.
- izacus 4y agoI've ever only seen people gobble down food while working on my visits in US. Across EU is much rarer.
- sky-kedge0749 4y agoGobbling down food is the correct mental image, along with someone in the middle of taking a bite being approached by an apologetic coworker, sighing, putting the food down and plastering a big smile on their face as they ask, "What's up?"