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This article is clickbaity. no lunch police will come knock at the door once you start eating your salad. It’s more about forcing workplace to provide a dedicated space with a table, a fridge … the minimal amenities to have a civilized lunch. Establish rapport with your coworker, or focus on your cold pasta salad to reach mindfulness. If you want to save 2min40s and develop a ulcers, you are free to do so.
The article isn't clickbaity in the slightest - it's illegal to eat your lunch at your desk in France. That's a fact. Something illegal is still illegal. Relying on non-enforcement at some companies is absolutely absurd - not only is enforcement of something like this going to vary (so some poor unlucky souls won't have the option at all), but you open yourself up to selective enforcement. It feel blindingly obvious…
I would say I had a few thousands, so let me speak from experiences
- You can eat how you want, rest assured you have the choice to eat at your desk if you wish to do so. Again, the lunch police is not gonna burst at your office because of that.
- the breakdown of amenities is already settle legally ( the more employee, the more amenities. Threshold at 10, 50 and 100 employees.)
As a French elector, I like that law being in place. You should become a citizen and find a representative to vote against it.