SMIC: an increase to 1,502 euros net from December 1, the unions are demanding more

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The minimum wage will be increased from December 1 to 1,502 euros net per month. An anticipated increase, the second of the year 2026. Jean-Pierre Farandou, Minister of Labor and Solidarity, specifies: "That means, if we also translate it into euros, it is an additional 75 euros net over the year 2026.

Regarding the value of the SMIC, a substantial effort will be made around the SMIC. “A boost, far from the expectations expressed by the unions this Monday, November 9, as denounced by Sophie Binet, general secretary of the CGT: “The CGT is asking for 150 euros, the CFDT 100 euros, FO 130 euros. It's not possible that this is the help the government is offering us.

We have to stop making fun of the world. “An increase which raises concerns among employers and employees. The employers are asking for compensation, because this increase will have consequences. Frédéric Vaquié, boss of a small landscaping company, has one employee.

He was considering recruiting a second one, at minimum wage. But increasing salaries would cost him 1,800 euros more per year. He says: "Either I manage to sell my services at a higher price, but I don't really see how I'm going to succeed when I'm starting my business, or I'm going to have to postpone the hiring of my second employee by a month or two.

"Tristan Mas, his employee, paid 1,950 euros net each month, sees this increase in the minimum wage in a positive light. But with one question: will it also be increased? "Or my boss gives me a raise so that he continues to keep this gap between the minimum wage and my salary.

Or he simply can't do it. And at that point, it would reduce the gap between someone who doesn't necessarily have a diploma and someone like me who is qualified and has a certain salary. “The government is calling on all professional sectors to negotiate an increase in wages and is announcing other measures for purchasing power, such as an increase in the fuel premium.

Machine-translated from French