French Employees Win Language Complaint
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A French court ruled Tuesday that a branch of General Electric Co. in France is legally obligated to provide employees with French translations of essential work documents, the employees' attorney and trade union representative said.
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France's broadcasting watchdog reminds television channels to keep English out of programme names.
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These included one person and two companies who sent unwanted e-mails and cellphone text messages. The Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority (Opta) also said it had signed an agreement with French
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Hundreds of thousands of French people took part in demonstrations across the country to protest against government plans to reform the 35-hour work week.
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A former employee says he was harassed and fired after complaining about another employee's singing along to lyrics that included racial epithets.
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With its native tongue losing to English as the global lingua franca, France is fighting back
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TWO French police officers will face disciplinary proceedings after bungling a training exercise that caused a slab of explosives to be placed on a flight out of Charles de Gaulle airport, the headquarters of the gendarmerie in Paris said today.
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Â· Clean record and ability to speak English required Â· Spokesman admits proposal is contentious
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US multinational fined for laissez-faire approach The French data protection authority has fined a subsidiary of US firm Tyco Healthcare over the transfer of employee information across borders and inadequate data safeguards. Tyco Healthcare France was fined â¬30,000.â¦
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France has criticized unofficial negotiators for complicating release efforts for two French hostages held in Iraq, the BBC reported Saturday.
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The French parliament started debating a  controversial bill on Tuesday that the government says will  prevent travel chaos during transport strikes, but that unions  warn will damage industrial relations.
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The normally muted elegance of one of Paris's chic hotels, the Concorde Lafayette, has been shattered by noisy protests from workers complaining about management practices imposed by the property's new US owners.
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An uproar over anti-Israel remarks cost Alain Menargues, head of news at the state-owned Radio France International, his job Monday, October 18.
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SAN DIEGO Aug. 31, 2004 - Several doctors and a group supporting English as the nation&#39;s official language filed a lawsuit Monday challenging a Clinton-era executive order requiring federally funded hospitals
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Mistakes prompt a demand for grammar to be policed.
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People in the Chadian town of Abeche protest about last week's alleged attempt to smuggle children to France.
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QUEBEC (CP) - The French language is in a "precarious" state in Quebec as English usage continues to grow, says a report by Quebec's language watchdog.