French Employers To Make Anti-Stress Plans

PARIS (AP) -- France's labor minister has ordered all companies with more than 1,000 employees to develop an anti-stress plan based on discussions about pressure in the workplace.

If not, they will go on a list of shame to be published on the Internet.

The government's concern about the psychological and physical health of employees follows outrage caused by 25 suicides in 18 months at the phone company France Telecom. An employee at the Renault auto firm, where several suicides were reported two years ago, also recently killed himself.

Labor Minister Xavier Darcos told unions Friday that companies should report the results of their negotiations by Feb. 1, 2010. Information sessions are required of small companies. Those failing to act will be publicly named. No other sanctions were announced.

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Let's See -- 35 Hr workweeks, 6 weeks paid vacation 10/9/2009 4:39:00 PM And labor laws that make it virtually impossible for an employer to fire someone, and they have stress??
Give me a Break! 10/12/2009 8:17:00 AM Give me a break! How about the French toughen up, work harder, and quit holding your bosses hostage!
Worker's Paradise 10/12/2009 9:10:00 AM Comrades in the "Worker's Paradise" never had conditions as good as French workers.
You've GOTTA be Kidding!!!!! 10/12/2009 10:02:00 AM Thirty-five hour work weeks, six weeks opaid vacation, hostage-taking without penalties... man whata a job!! I'll tell you what, you want an anti-stress plan, boy, do I have one for you!! Ten years in jail for hostage-taking, no stress!!! Three hots and a cot, no worries, Mate! Your stress is GONE. Don't need to work (not that any Frenchy does), no cooking, no laundry, no problem. Ten years of vacation --- no stress!
Won't this be stressful ? 10/12/2009 11:53:00 AM Wont being publicly named and shamed be extremely stressful for the executives of these companies ? Shouldn't the french govt then create anti-stress plans for the executives that they plan to "out" publicly for not having anti-stress plans ? This kind of thing leads to the belief that liberalism is a mental disorder : )

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