There is some legislation being debated in the French Parliament. One piece of legislation would encourage fathers to take leave to care for their children. The goal would be to curb the systemic disadvantages that women experience in their careers due to motherhood.
Another bill has been introduced with the goal of reforming the system of continuing vocational training, which could have major financial implications. The bill provides for the creation of a so-called “individual learning account” in which rights to training hours earned each year would accumulate, within a total limit of 150 hours. The account would not be related to the company: it would be personal and “follow” the employee throughout his/her entire working life.
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