This story provides further support for the French government in its efforts to instill a little sanity into the nation's labor laws.

On Thursday afternoon, as a crowd of as many as 140,000 young people and others prepared to end their march in the large park fronting the gold-domed Hotel des Invalides housing Napoleon's tomb, gangs of hooded and masked youths darted out of side streets, setting cars ablaze, flipping others upside down, breaking store windows and throwing rocks and stones at police and firefighters, according to witnesses.

What reason could French employers possibly find to "arbitrarily" dismiss an employee within the first two years? As I implied before, the French government isn't being radical enough. This reform shouldn't include an age cap, but it's a usable first step back from the socialist abyss.