Current Population Survey (CPS) 2014 for the United States. Although, the legal full-time working week is 35 hours in France, company managers (cadres) often are paid on a task-oriented basis, so often work over 35 hours. Disparities in working hours in France are therefore likely to stem more from the definition of regular full-time working hours between occupations and the public and private sectors than from workers choosing between full-time and part-time.