Electricity company looking at long-held privileges, such as a 32-hour working week, extra holidays and discounted energy bills
France’s state-controlled energy giant EDF faces a showdown with trade unions in an attempt to tackle pay and privileges for senior staff, as the government gears up for a clash over the 35-hour week.
The electricity company, which is also a major player in the UK energy market, is attempting to buy staff out of a deal, dating back to 1946, that allows some 30,000 executives and managers to work 32 hours a week or around 196 days a year.