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Re:France: Employee who suffered “boredom at work” awarded €... by rambojazz on Saturday June 20, 2020 @06:51AM (#23583182)
A stupid question maybe, but if they are paid full salary for doing nothing why can't they use corporate time to work on something else so they get 2 salaries?
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Re:France: Employee who suffered “boredom at work” awarded €... by n4r9 on Saturday June 20, 2020 @07:04AM (#23583235)
It's almost certainly against contract and would give the company justification for firing them.
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