French government proposes new law to allow bakers to work on May 1st

"Our bakers want to be able to work - no more, no less."

"In politics, as in love, only actions count."

"Our group will therefore be putting forward a bill to give bakers the freedom to open on May 1st"

France requires boulangeries to close one day a week and enforces strict rules on public holiday work, with May 1st granted special protections as the workers' day. Employees are entitled to a day off on May 1st except for vital services, and workers who do work must receive double pay. Self-employed bakers may open but cannot compel employees to work; labour inspectors have fined bakeries for requiring staff to work on May 1st. A bill aims to allow bakeries to open on May 1st, but its passage is uncertain due to parliamentary divisions.

Read at The Local France