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> Eating a salad at your desk may not be the most memorable kind of lunch, but at least you can get some work done. In France, that's forbidden.

> The French labor code prohibits workers from eating lunch in the workplace.

Is that a thing? At all my desk jobs I've had collegues (or myself) eating at their desks. It seems like it's indeed a thing https://grh.ooreka.fr/astuce/voir/266456/manger-a-son-poste-..., but I don't think it's applied for desk jobs. It's the first time I've heard of it.



I can confirm it's forbidden. Depending on how sensitive the company (and its lawyers) is, it may be enforced or not.


I've ever only seen people gobble down food while working on my visits in US. Across EU is much rarer.


Gobbling down food is the correct mental image, along with someone in the middle of taking a bite being approached by an apologetic coworker, sighing, putting the food down and plastering a big smile on their face as they ask, "What's up?"




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