When you hire your first employee, all of a sudden, you’ve got new obligations, new social legislation to take into account, you have to start paying wages, making social declarations…

In France, startups have an easier time recruiting staff than SMEs. This is because the working population typically prefers to work in a startup than in an SME, and this is why.

If you’re setting up a company in France, you might have to hire employees at some point. In these cases, chances are, you’ll want to know as much about the French laws on employment as possible. As such, here’s how working hours precisely work in France.