Élodie Lechaptois is planning to open her bakery in Saint-Rémy-sur-Orne, Normandy, on May 1, flouting the law by employing staff - Ibrahim Ezzat Élodie Lechaptois will break the law this morning. She will open her village bakery in the Norman hills at 6.30am. Her two employees will sell her award-winning bread, croissants and patisseries as they do every day except on Wednesdays. But in France this is not every day. On May 1 it is illegal to work, with some vaguely defined exceptions.