First of all, who knew you could ban certain types of emails? France did, that’s who—and they’re doing it. Specifically, they’re banning checking your work email between the hours of 6pm and 9am, making it legally mandatory to leave your work at work and focus on home while you’re home. It’s all part of France’s “35-hour work week,” which they implemented in 1999, but has become difficult to enforce following the smartphone revolution. Well, smartphones or not, if you work from home in France, you’d better be prepared to pay the price.
In the meantime, according to Gawker, the average American works 200 more hours per year than the average French worker …
