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work until you die! | 27 mai 2009

Reading the first newspaper I've read in a looong time I discovered the universe I had forgotten about for a few months: the crazy political world in France. (Reading is not short of a luxury the first months of motherhood, unless you read really fast on the way to the dentist. I find listening to the radio much easier though, and it doesn't distract little Mr. F like the TV does with it's bright lights. He was not happy when I turned if off the other day, Hello, he's only 5 months!)

But back to the story. Apparently there's this guy, called Sarkozy's "stormtrooper" by some, crazyman by others. He wants to make a new work-amendment in the parlement. HE want's people to have the "choice" to work from home while on sick or maternity leave. Yes, because ten weeks of maternity leave are way too long and you don't do anything with your time anyways, you might just as well work from home. (He's clearly not in a equal relationship this man or he would know how much work newborns are, also for the dads!) He says its a matter of choice for the employee, but we all know how that goes, once the pressure is on from the corporation, you better stay at your desk until 8 because nobody else leaves earlier than that. He even has the nerve to imply that this way, people can stay tuned to what is happening at work and with their work collegues. REALLY?! IS this a social benefit? Making people work from home, when they are lying in bed with fever, that's genius. Are they allowed to take a brake to go and throw up in the bathroom? Or will that be amputated of their lunch hour? Like the union leader said; next up: make the dead work from the grave.

This is sad, and one more proof of how people do not trust each other in the workplace in France. If you are sick, it normally means you stay home and sleep, drink hot tea and sleep some more. Not that you run around town having cocktails and fun. But people are paranoid. It wasn't enough that the justice minister thought 6 days of maternity leave was too long, now the whole thing is just unecessary. What does this mean for the children of France?

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