Thanks for the Forbes article.
And the suggestion above. The first one. The second lacks charm. Poor sweet heart. Everybody would want to hug her and pet her and kiss her and hug her and pet her and kiss her. But not on TV.
Sarkozy says he wants people to work more. I'd like more people to work.
But I don't know how.
The solution Sarkozy offered when he came was "work more, earn more". He meant overtime hours (that always existed).Extra hours apply to those who already have a job. Those who don't aren't considered. They're out. Out too are part time jobs held by people who'd like to work more on a regular basis.
Sarkozy, as a candidate, his ministers now, acted as if obtaining overtime hours was a worker's initiative, when it ain't. A worker going to his boss saying he/she worked 45 minutes overtime, can I get paid for that will hear "no; obviously, you haven't been able to work properly in due time; so no". This was the policy in one of the companies I worked for.
So Sarkozy increased the amount of extra hours (I don't have the figure, but think it's around 200 extra hours per employee).
These hours are paid on a different salary basis. Your hourly salary + 25% of it. There's a law stating that.
And what's just came on now is - and that's why I mentioned unions being weak - less than a year after Sarkozy's decision, companies will be able to negociate with the syndicate members of their plants and offices the following things :
- How many hours will one work? On a regular basis. The law said 35 hours, but, if almost everyone in the company (almost means bosses and any union representing 30% of the employees under pressure) agrees, employees could work more, or less. Less is already existing. More, not. Up to 48 hours. Or 68. Depending on sources.
- How much more will extra hours be paid? The law said 25%. The recent governmental action has now given all latitude to negociate it. It could be more (what a laugh), or less. But no less than 10%. From 25% to 10%, in almost a year. Work more to earn more.
So yes, to make France stronger things are done to help companies, yes. But companies are not the French, and the worker's share of the profits is being gnawed off.
The commercial that SYRFox mentioned is designed to quiet people on that topic, asking them to be less impatient (when their president ain't).
€ 4.33 millions for that purpose.
That's why SYRFox puked.
And I think he shouldn't have. I sent a letter to the Elysée to inform the president of this deviant character's attitude. The letter should work. Denoucing to authorities is back in style.
http://www.rue89.com/2008/07/05/lele...-est-convoquee
All we can do for now is finding examples of how Sarkozy's lied, cheated, withdrew and so on, to prevent his voters from electing him again in 2012.