# Results of the introduction of the 8-hour working day in France

- URL: https://syn.by/en/history/archives/8-hour-working-day-france/
- Published: 1924-06-28T18:45:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T01:52:29+00:00
- Section: Archives
- Language: en
- EN edition: https://syn.by/en/history/archives/introduction-8-hour-working-day-france.md
- BE edition: https://syn.by/historya/arkhivy/8-hadzinnaha-dnia-pracy-francyi.md
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/istoriya/arhivy/itogi-vvedeniya-8-chasovogo-rabochego-dnya.md

> The French Minister of Labour, Godard, reported to the International Labour Conference that the eight-hour day had improved the family life of workers, increased the number of gardens and reduced drunkenness. The productivity of labour did not suffer as a result.

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At the International Labour Conference the French delegate, Minister of Labour Godard, declared that the attempt to introduce an 8-hour working day had given the best results in France: it had greatly improved the family life of the worker, had increased over 5 years by 45 percent the number of workers' gardens, and had markedly reduced drunkenness among workers. As for the productivity of labour, here too the 8-hour day had given only a plus, not a minus.