Under a bill (in French) [1] transposing the European directive opening up the postal market to competition by 1 January 2011 (Directive 2002/39/EC [2]), the French postal operator La Poste [3] is to become a limited liability company (/Société anonyme/, SA) on 1 January 2010. This is to enable La
The retail sector is characterised by a high proportion of low-paid workers and involuntary part-time work – corresponding to 37% of those working in the sector and as many as 56% of workers in discount supermarkets. At the same time, cashiers face ever-changing working time schedules, thus
After four months of polemic, procedure and conflict, the saga of the sale of the daily business newspaper, Les Échos [1], came to an end on 5 November 2007, when the court rejected the workers’ claim opposing the sale. In protest over the transaction, the journalists stopped their work and, for the
Following on from self-service petrol pumps using credit cards and automatic telling machines (ATMs) in banks, supermarkets – particularly grocery stores – have now begun to introduce self-checkouts.
The National Observatory of Poverty and Social Exclusion (Observatoire national de la pauvreté et de l’exclusion sociale, ONPES [1]) was established under Act No. 98/657 on combating all forms of social exclusion (*FR9806116F* [2]), which was adopted on 29 July 1998. The observatory is composed of:
The National Council for Statistical Information, a forum for discussion between producers and users of statistics in France - including the social partners - debated the measurement of inequality at its plenary meeting in February 2005. The main topics in the discussion were the responsiveness of
According to a report published in February 2004 by the Council for Employment, Income and Social Cohesion (CERC), some 1 million children in France live below the poverty threshold. The report finds that this phenomenon particularly affects lone-parent and large families, and studies its causes
In summer 2003, attempts are continuing to redeploy the 3,200 employees of the French airline, Air Lib, which went into liquidation in February. Meanwhile, the legal authorities and parliament have both been conducting investigations into the circumstances surrounding the takeover and subsequent
France's second-largest airline, Air Lib was put into court-ordered liquidation in February 2003. The redundancy plan currently under discussion, based on redeployment, has raised concern among the company’s 3,200-strong workforce.
In early 2003, after a new period of uncertainty, France’s second-largest airline, Air Lib, appears to be on the path to survival. The company is to be relaunched with assistance from the Dutch investment group Imca. However, trade unions have concerns over Air Lib's restructuring plans.