French focus on sick leave reform to save money
by editors@theworld.org (Gerry Hadden) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6Z5CE)
The cost of sick leave in France has risen 40% over the last decade, to around $17 billion a year. As the country struggles with a fiscal deficit, it wants to reduce payouts to the ill, and to get people working more. The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Embrun, France.