Managers believed that Four Seasons' decision to
implement the 35-hour work week at the F. S.
George V to meet the letter and spirit of French law
was a major signal to the unions and workforce
about the way the company approached human
resource issues. "When we hire staff from ofher
hotels, fhey are always surprised that we obey the
law," an F. S. George V manager nofed. "They were
working longer hours elsewhere