Photo: AFPThe Local · 17 Oct 2016, 16:24Published: 17 Oct 2016 16:24 GMT+02:00The French civil service is renowned for providing job security and a decent salary but the story of one fonctionnaire takes le biscuit. The other 25 percent was paid by a civil service management centre tasked with finding roles for staff, reports say. The bizarre, head-shaking scenario, described as “Kafkaesque” by the French media, came about because of a 1984 rule in the French civil service that protects people in his role (general director of services) at each Town Hall. Some 150 civil servants in France are currently being paid whilst they are “momentarily deprived of a job”. Herman’s story will give ammunition to those like Nicolas Sarkozy who desperately want to cut thousands of jobs in France's civil service.

Source: The Local October 17, 2016 15:05 UTC