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France’s stressed, even suicidal, white-collar workers

French white-collar employees are facing a growing litany of “brutal” psychological risks in the workplace. ...

French jobless total surges to new record in February

The number of people out of work in France surged in February by 31,500 to a new record, dealing a blow to the government during local elections. ...

Passion for a Peninsula role

Caroline Mir has travelled to many places, but it was not until she accepted the job of director of housekeeping at The Peninsula Hong Kong six months ago that she got the chance to work in Asia, writes Wong Yat-hei. ...

French workers, firms to pay more in pension reform

French president Hollande’s proposed reform – aimed at closing a looming US$27-billion pensions deficit – is under close scrutiny from markets and EU partners, as business chiefs say reform will increase tax burden. Reforms extend payment period from 41.5 years to 43 years by 2035, but leave untouched the legal retirement age of 62 ...

Record French jobless claims hurt Hollande

Monthly increase in jobless claims eases to 10pc year-on-year but still hits all-time high in July. Although data show signs of youth unemployment falling, Hollande remains under pressure to fulfil promise to boost jobs by end-2013 ...

Consumers more confident, less worried about jobs

Nielsen survey shows US, Chinese and Japanese consumers more upbeat in Q2, while Indonesia remains the world’s most bullish consumer market and Portuguese is the most pessimistic ...

No Liberté on French Sundays despite joblessness

Even in the face of record French joblessness, most retail establishments across France are being prevented by unions and the Socialist government of President Francois Hollande from opening on Sundays, thanks to a more than 100-year-old law ...

French Jewish boss fined for anti-Arab job ad

Jewish owner of a small French publisher in the small French town of Bobigny fined €5,000 for a job-centre advert saying he won’t employ north Africans, but defends action as “precautionary measure” ...

Alcatel’s cost-cut may affect global headcount

Michel Combes, CEO of French network-equipment vendor Alcatel-Lucent, says measures will include departures, staff reallocations, strategic hiring and sale of €1 billion in assets ...