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Quick Takes: February 13, 2007
  

Nap Time, Mes Amis!


The French government wants employees to get more sleep.

France, workers soon may be able to alleviate their fatigue with 15-minute naps. The French government is spending the equivalent of about $9.2 million to encourage workers to get more sleep. The initiative, reported in The Times of London, will use “volunteer companies” to see whether a workday snooze makes employees more efficient. Another benefit might be weaning French workers from sleeping pills, of which they consume 68 million tubes a year.



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