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calm_chowder t1_je2tcti wrote

Reply to comment by Lance-Harper in Hundreds of thousands to continue strikes and protests in France | France by bnh1978

Those policies are already in place or they're part of the new retirement Reform? Because those laws are fucking insane, even worse than in the US. Which is hard to believe for a European country. There's so many reasons a person might not be able to work continuously with zero breaks for 40 years.

Can someone else confirm this is true? Do you have a source??

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Zagorim t1_je338w9 wrote

it's kind of true but if you take a break and don't work for a year you don't lose your whole pension. You will have to take your retirement one year later. Still a pretty shitty reform though.

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savvy-misanthrope t1_je8ot1a wrote

In France workers are entitled to far more vacation days than in the US (over one month each year), longer maternity/paternity leave, and they work 4 days a week. Also, their pensions are guaranteed by the government, at a generous annual increase rate.

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