To preserve employment, the Minister of Labor refuses an “excessive increase” in the minimum wage
While Sébastien Lecornu will bring together employers and unions for a social conference on Monday, the Minister of Labor indicates that he will not propose an increase in the minimum wage which could “harm employment”
As demonstrations continue in France against the high cost of living, the question of the amount of the minimum wage increase is at the heart of the tensions. And the Minister of Labor Jean-Pierre Farandou has already made it known that the increase should not be too significant. “I will not propose a measure that would harm employment,” indicates the minister in an interview to appear in La Tribune on Sunday.
The subject will in any case be debated on Monday at Matignon. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu will indeed bring together employers and unions for a social conference. The unions want an increase of at least 100 euros In the meantime, Jean-Pierre Farandou underlines that an “excessive increase” in the minimum wage “would threaten a certain number of already weakened companies”.
“Raising the minimum wage to 1,700 euros net” for example, “would destroy more than 230,000 jobs,” he says.
The net monthly minimum wage today is 1,477.93 euros. The Minister of Labor has already mentioned his wish to see it pass the bar of 1.
500 euros, without specifying the desirable level in his eyes. The CFDT is demanding a 100 euro increase in the net minimum wage and the CGT 10%, an increase of around 150 euros. The minister highlights the activity bonus An increase in the minimum wage “would be possible from December 1, if the discussions are concluded quickly,” indicates Jean-Pierre Farandou.
On the other hand, it “does not cancel the amount of the activity bonus received”, he specifies. Thus, “for a single person on the minimum wage, the salary paid by the company is 1,477 euros, with an activity bonus which amounts to 230 euros, or a disposable income of 1.
700 euros net in the bank account.” The government will also propose solutions “to promote obligatory annual negotiations in companies and in the branches”, indicates Jean-Pierre Farandou.
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