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French PM brings forward 1.6% increase in minimum wage in bid to calm protests (www.france24.com)
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[–] 26 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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  • [–] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 3 points 15 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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