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More crucially, perhaps, the 35-hour week's survival owes a lot to other measures the government of President Nicolas Sarkozy has passed as part of its mantra of "work more to earn more." Key to that is a provision introduced in late 2007 that makes overtime more profitable to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why France's 35 Hour Week Won't Die | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

The U.S. military will face real hurdles as it pressures the Iraqis to carry out their end of the now formalized bargain. But not all the constraints laid out in the security pact are binding. A commanding coalition general still wields the power to authorize any operation unilaterally, and U.S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq's Iffy New Year's Resolution | 1/2/2009 | See Source »

The changing attitudes reflect broader changes in the cultural, political and social climate, says Hirschorn. But another factor is a key change in state sentencing laws, which now allow Texas juries to levy a life-without-parole sentence, dubbed LWOP. The LWOP sentencing provision, though vociferously opposed by the Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Texas Changing Its Mind About the Death Penalty? | 12/23/2008 | See Source »

Business groups oppose the open ballot provision because they claim it leaves employees dangerously open to peer pressure. They also particularly dislike a provision in the bill that requires just a simple majority of a company's employees to make it a unionized shop and another that would invoke binding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Obama Deliver for Organized Labor? | 12/22/2008 | See Source »

Many Democrats are frustrated, feeling as though they have already given in on many major points to the GOP. Pelosi, for her part, was dead set against using the green fund for bridge loans, with her aides arguing that it forced the companies to choose between their present and their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Another Bailout Blowout? Why the Auto Deal May Crash | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

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