But unlike most other countries that have piloted the system for a select few companies, France is looking to open up the program specifically for divorced parents who share child custody.<\/p>\n
The French scheme, first reported by The Times of London<\/em><\/a> on Monday, will kick off in September and apply to a select group of civil servants. In practice, parents who have custody of their child only on specific weeks can work for four days instead of five, under the new program.\u00a0<\/p>\n The 35-year-old Gabriel Attal, who became France\u2019s youngest prime minister earlier this year, has spoken about experimenting with the four-day work week in the past. According to his plan, employees would spend<\/a> longer in office on the days they\u2019re working, so that the time worked doesn\u2019t drop from the stipulated 35 hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n Attal first introduced the four-day week about two years ago, when he was France\u2019s budget minister. Now, he hopes to expand the system to apply to the entire French workforce, The Times<\/em> reported. It\u2019s still unclear if the hours will be reduced for good or compensated by working extra on the other days of the week.\u00a0<\/p>\n Among Attal\u2019s other proposed economic reforms<\/a> are changes to the minimum wage system and tax cuts for the middle class.<\/p>\n
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