In a note published Wednesday, the think tank liberal advance of the tracks to boost the French economy and to reopen the debate on working time.

These are certainly proposals that will respond, in full health crisis. They awoke in any case, the debate on working time. A debate opened by the Medef in April last, who has had to finally close in the face of criticism. A month later, so it is the turn of the center of reflection liberal to seize the issue with proposals shocks, in order to recover the French economy in the face of the recession.

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The Institut Montaigne was not advocating a general return to the 39 hours, but proposes the abolition of a public holiday from next year : that of the Ascension. It also offers training outside the working time of the employee, with his agreement. Another measure mentioned, which will certainly cringe : delete the first week of the school holidays of all saints ‘ day in order to catch up the delay accumulated during the spring.

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“powder in the eyes,” according to the CGT

to cope with the crisis, the think-tank liberal also offers the deferred payment of overtime and the extension of schedules of public services. Another suggestion : reduce (temporarily) the RTT in the public service. In total, nine measures are proposed to increase the duration of work in the public as in the private sector.

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proposals that have already been criticized by the CGT, calling these measures “powder in the eyes”. “We know very well how it goes, it offers a ‘dégueulasserie’, it is the provisional that lasts a long time and the temporary becomes permanent”, reported as well on the LCI Benjamin Amar, spokesman of the trade union organization. The debate is revived…