The Prime Minister wants to tackle exemptions from contributions on low salaries, which, according to him, do not encourage workers who are paid the minimum wage to increase their salary.
Gabriel Attal said he was working on “a system that makes it less expensive for bosses and employees to increase wages, especially when we are close to the minimum wage”, during an interview on BFMTV this Thursday, April 18.
In France, “we have many more people who have a salary close to the minimum wage, because it is expensive to raise someone who is on the minimum wage because there are exemptions from employer contributions”, detailed the Prime Minister. minister. It is therefore these exemptions from contributions that the head of government wants to tackle in order to “de-microcardiate” France.
The minimum wage, a decent salary?
The day before, the president of the Michelin group had estimated that “the minimum wage is not a decent salary”. He also assured that none of his employees were paid minimum wage.
For his part, the Prime Minister had announced his intention to “de-microcardiate” France during his general policy speech. The proportion of employees on the minimum wage has increased in recent years, going from 12% in 2021 to 17% in 2023, a jump of 5 percentage points in two years.
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