- French business should 'encourage staff to take a nap after lunch'
- A 15-20 minute nap would increase productivity, study finds
- Proposal from think-tank follows protests over labor law reform
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French workers ought to be given a 15-minute 'nap breaks' to boost productivity, a local think-tank has proposed.
The proposal, by Left-wing think tank Terra Nova, also suggests that business should install dedicated 'napping rooms' for workers to sleep off their lunch.
This follows violent protests over a government push to loosen France's 35-hour workweek and make it easier for companies to lay off workers.
The French way: The think-tank found that slotting in 'nap breaks' would benefit businesses - and that one in five French workers already take them anyway
A regulated 'sleep break' would benefit businesses as some 20 per cent of French workers take naps at work anyway, the think-tank's study found.
'All that's needed is a calm room where you can turn off the strip lighting and come out refreshed,'Dr Jean-Pierre Giordanella, the co-author said according to the Telegraph.are
'We realised that this simple practice improves work efficiency and reduces absenteeism.'
Earlier this month French police clashed with activists across the country amid nationwide protests against the labor reforms being championed by the country's Socialist government.
Anger: Youth and workers attend a demonstration against proposed changes to France's work week and layoff practices, in Paris, earlier this month
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Paris to protest the changes to the rules governing layoffs and France's 35-hour workweek.
Officials hope the changes will inject some flexibility into the country's stagnant labor market but many workers fear it will do little more than weaken the nation's generous social protections.
At least 200 demonstrations were held across France earlier this month, including a march in Paris kicking off from Place de la Republique, home to a round-the-clock Occupy Wall Street-style sit-in in reaction to the reform,
Continued unrest over the labor plans is piling the pressure on France's ruling Socialists, who have already been forced to retreat over security plans to pull the citizenship of dual nationals convicted of terrorism.
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