In the latest series of Netflix hit Emily in Paris, its young American heroine is scolded for her work-all-hours attitude and inability to disconnect.
“You know, we’re not allowed to take work calls on weekends,” one of her French colleagues says when she interrupts his chess match to talk about her latest marketing strategy.
But no such ban actually exists in France. The country’s pioneering attempt in 2017 to enshrine a “right to disconnect” has so far had a limited impact, with the pandemic even raising expectations that employees should be “always on”.
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