*Après* noticing that the ability of bosses to invade their employees' home lives via smartphone at any *heure* of the day or night was enabling real work hours to extend further and further beyond the 35-hour week the country famously introduced in 1999, workers' unions have been fighting back. Now employers' federations and unions have signed a new, legally binding labour agreement<http://www.lesechos.fr/economie-politique/france/actu/0203425126713-mails-sms-telephone-syntec-reconnait-le-droit-des-cadres-a-la-deconnexion-662531.php>that will require staff to switch off their phones after 6pm. http://www.theguardian.com/money/shortcuts/2014/apr/09/french-6pm-labour-agreement-work-emails-out-of-office?CMP=twt_gu http://bit.ly/1lTTTtQ http://bit.ly/1lTTTtQ+ List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]