On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 13:21 -0700, Jim Devine wrote: > Laurent GUERBY wrote: > > The 35 hours workweek just means that hours worked after 35 hours must > > be paid more in the normal case (about 25% more). > > is there a 50% pay hike (relative to base pay) for over 40 hours? That > used to be the rule in the US.
It depends on the "convention collective", that is to say union-employers sector wide agreement. For example for restaurant jobs hours 36-39 are paid +10% minimum, 40-43 +20% minimum, so it doesn't cost much for employers to have 43 hours per week workers. By default the first 8 hours are paid +25% and above that it's +50% but as shown below this can be lowered by "convention collective" (Source: wikipedia). The average weekly hours worked per employee is higher in France than the USA, in 2005 it was 36.3 hours in France (source: INSEE) and 33.8 hours in the USA (source: BLS), more here (in french): http://travail-chomage.site.voila.fr/emploi/duree_travail.htm Average hours worked is above 35 hours in France, but I guess this data piece escapes USA economists and journalists who still think it's forbiden by law to work more than 35 hours per week in France. Laurent _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
