French reality TV contestants win employment rights

Reality television faces a bleak future in France after contestants who spent 12 days flirting with the opposite sex on a sun-drenched island won the right to be treated as salaried workers.

In a ground-breaking ruling, the supreme court in France awarded three contestants on the French version of the program Temptation Island compensation of about €11,000 each.

The judges ruled that the trio were entitled to full employment contracts – including overtime, holidays and eve... (12 more words)

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