Santé! or not to Santé?

Wonder what it's like if eating lunch at your office desk is

next to illegal? Venerated across France, 'la pause déjeuner' or
the lunch break is an essential part of every French person.
Workers across the country enjoy two to three-course meals at a
bistro nearby.

Before the pandemic, French workers would be breaking the law if

they ate lunch at their office desks. That's because the French
labour code precludes employers from allowing employees to have
their lunch at the workplace. However, the pandemic caused a
temporary change in the policy.

Without breaking the law, workers are allowed to eat their lunch
at their desks. This temporary change is for offices that have
more than 50 employees. The policy requires all employees to be
at a distance of two meters if they are not or can't wear a
mask. Since having that distance in canteens, and dining areas
is not feasible, the labour code has an amendment that allows
workers to eat at their desks.

The policy change, though temporary, has had the French media
release pictures of workers sadly sitting at their office desks
eating their lunch.

In conversation with the New York Times, Agnés Dutin, a retired

translator, said, "It's a catastrophe to eat at your desk. You
need a pause to refresh the mind. It's good to move your body.
When you return, you see things differently." Oh, to have 'la
pause déjeuner' everywhere! We can always hope!

Social media copies for French Lunch Laws:

LinkedIn:
A lunch law? An amendment made to a French labour code has
created quite the buzz. French workers across the country can
now eat ‘lunch at their desks’ without breaking the law. For
people who’ve been used to a good long lunch break, the pandemic
sure has been a Debby downer. Does your country have lunch laws?
Tell us more in the comments below!

#frenchlunchlaw #givememylunchbreak
Instagram: The post would have the image given below or
something similar with the following description:

Eating at your desks at the office might sound normal to most of

the world. But it isn’t for the French. Who knew there were
lunch laws in France!

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Twitter:
Fresh from France! We’ve been told that a lunch law has been
amended thanks to the not so cool pandemic! Checkout our
newsletter to know more.