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...Another underutilized energy-efficiency tip: for new construction, orienting buildings correctly and optimizing window locations can cut energy use by a quarter or more. These are savings from Day One - and at no extra cost. Dave Deppen, San Rafael, Calif...
...Another underutilized energy-efficiency tip: for new construction, orienting buildings correctly and optimizing window locations can cut energy use by a quarter or more. These are savings from Day One - and at no extra cost. Dave Deppen, San Rafael, Calif...
...while 35-hour order reigns, Zenevre and others note that the array of complicated schemes using tax-free extra time will need restructuring once the bad times are over. Some employees argue that the 35-hour limit may need to be legally lengthened to prevent bosses from forcing extra hours on them they don't want...
...they can have their 35-hour cake and eat 25% bonus time too. "Rather than increasing the set week to 37, 39, or 40 hours - and have to raise fixed salaries proportionally - it's more logical to stay at 35 hours, and go beyond or below it with affordable extra-time as demand surges or decreases," says Zenevre, who is also head of the Lorraine regional section of France's General Confederation of Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses, the nation's largest employer category. "This flexibility is particularly valuable with the recession setting in and really disrupting demand...
Even non-industrial groups not yet affected by the recession have kept the 35-hour week - or developed alternatives to it. Executives at the Paris headquarters of communications company Vivendi continue to work 35-hour weeks, or swap it for an arrangement in which extra hours worked can be exchanged for days off. (Vivendi's other workers continue to work under the 35-hour arrangement...