Did the Mauroy government reduce or increase the legal work week?
Increase
No change
Reduce
The legal work week was abolished
Answer
To reduce the unemployment rate, the Mauroy government implemented a series of measures aimed at reducing working hours while maintaining income levels. As part of these efforts, the legal work week was reduced from 40 hours to 39 hours without any corresponding reduction in pay. This policy was intended to encourage businesses to hire more workers to make up for the reduction in individual working hours.
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