THE CHEKING PROCESS – Minister Amélie de Montchalin underlined this increase, defending a “very strong gesture for the lowest salaries”. Is right ?
THE QUESTION. Has the government ignored low wages? Recurring, this criticism emanating from both Marine le Pen and the left part of the political spectrum is swept away by the executive. On LCP, at the end of April, the Minister in charge of Transformation and the Public Service notably returned to the question of the Smic, which some consider too low. “If the French employers consider that wages are too low“, employers must increase remuneration, pleaded Amélie de Montchalin.
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Recalling Emmanuel Macron’s wish that the value created be shared more between shareholders and employees, the Minister also said that she would like a gesture “very strong for the lowest wages. Hence the fact that the Smic has increased by almost 6%since October, she noted. And to add that a “huge construction sitewas to be open to remuneration in the public service. So, is the figure quoted by the member of the government correct? Has the minimum wage increased so much in a few months?
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