Ah, the French

On strike, again.  Nationwide.

Students and labor unions say the law will erode France's cherished workplace protections. Set to take effect next month, it would let companies fire employees younger than 26 without reason in the first two years on the job.

Whenever you have students and labor unions upset about something you know you have a great cause.  But anyway, this issue raises the great law of unintended consequences.  If you can't fire someone after you hire them a) are you more or less likely to hire someone? and b) are you more or less likely to work hard once employed?  and c) who benefits from current labor law: people looking for work or people already employed?