News
France to offer four-day week to parents sharing custody of children
21st March 2024
The Telegraph
Divorced parents in France with shared custody will be granted the right to work four days per week under a trial scheme to be tested this year.
On Sunday, Gabriel Attal, the French prime minister, announced that starting from September, civil servants in some ministries who share custody of their children will work on just four days in the weeks that the children are in their homes.
Parents are expected to allocate Wednesdays as their day off because primary and most middle schools do not have classes that afternoon.
Mr Attal, 35, had already tested the four-day week when he was budget minister two years ago. Staff had no reduction in working hours, meaning they had slightly longer days when in the office.
Read more: The Telegraph
You may also be interested in:
Pre-order | At A Glance (2024)
At A Glance contains over 100 pages of vital facts and figures for all family practitioners. All tables and materials have been fully updated for use in 2024-25, and the latest Budget changes have been incorporated.
This essential title features useful tables and guidance necessary for financial remedy practitioners, including Duxbury, Child Support, Income Tax, and the latest addition of the Galbraith tables. The title has become a trusted resource, used in court and negotiation at all levels, and distributed to all Financial Remedies Court judges.
