A few precision about this "35 hours" law. First, since 2000, the "cadre" workers (the status pretty much everyone working in IT or services has) don't count w

A few precision about this "35 hours" law. First, since 2000, the "cadre" workers (the status pretty much everyone working in IT or services has) don't count work hours by the week, but annually in days. Which means in practice the law only result in employyes having more days off during the year. Secondly, in many cases and especially in start ups, employees don't take all their annual leaves, and instead "choose" (sometimes they don't really choose it) to have their "days off" be paid instead. As a result, for IT workers, this 35hours a week law only results in a few more holidays and a bonus.