A month and a half after being announced by the executive, the “high remuneration council” begins to see the light of day, not without causing tensions. The Ministry of Labor spoke on Monday, December 4, with unions and employers about this new body, which is one of the few measures unveiled by the head of government, Elisabeth Borne, during the social conference on December 16. october. The first discussions show differences between employee and employer organizations, in particular on the responsibilities of this place of reflection.
The protagonists do not start from scratch. During the social conference – a meeting proposed by Emmanuel Macron to take a step towards the left and try to meet expectations in terms of purchasing power –, Mme Borne had sketched the contours of this “high council”. Her mission, she said, will consist, among other things, of ” to accompany “ professional branches so that they regularly review their collective agreements and update classifications, in order to take into account the increase in skills of workers. It will also monitor the evolution of remuneration, while preventing “settling of the grids” salaries close to the minimum wage.
So many directions reaffirmed on Monday. Employer representatives insisted that the cenacle currently being constructed should be careful not to be prescriptive. “It must remain a technical body, without political dimension, which does not encroach on the prerogatives of branches and companies in terms of salaries”we indicate to Medef. “It must not replace those who are responsible for remuneration, that is to say the social partners at different levels”, adds Pierre Burban, secretary general of the Union of Local Businesses. It’s a ” Red line “he adds.
The risk of “millefeuille”
The employer’s position is considered too restrictive by several union officials. “If this high council limits itself to diagnoses without making concrete proposals, it will not be of much use”, confides Cyril Chabanier, president of the CFTC. The purpose of this space of exchange should be to “render opinions and recommendations”, agrees Thomas Vacheron, confederal secretary of the CGT. On behalf of the CFE-CGC, Nicolas Blanc hopes that the project will not lead to a “Théodule committee” devoid of the slightest utility.
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