Sanctus comments on French PM brings forward 1.6% increase in minimum wage in bid to calm protests

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 59 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm not French but 1.6% sounds insulting no matter how it scales

[–] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's worse then that. In France, the minimum wage gets automatically adjusted for inflation every January, that's where the 1.6% comes from.

His suggestion would be simply making this adjustment happen in December rather than January.

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[–] Dippy@beehaw.org 2 points 16 hours ago (1 child)

Surely you mean it would happen in December and again in january

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[–] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 3 points 14 hours ago*

France's national minimum wage would normally be raised on January 1 to reflect inflation, but instead the government will raise it by 1.6% in December, Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou told a press conference.

(Emphasis mine)

So it's effectively a one-month only bonus of... 24 €.

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