Increase Of The Minimum Wage

On 25 June 2019, the draft law n° 7416 amending Article L. 222-9 of the Labour Code and increasing the minimum social wage by 0.9%, was approved by the Chamber of Deputies.

The soon-to-be published new legal provisions entail that the minimum wage for unskilled workers will rise from 2,071.10 EUR gross (index 814.40) to 2,089.75 EUR gross (index 814.40). This 0.9% increase will apply retroactively to 1 January 2019.

Together with the previous 1.1% increase of the minimum wage as well as the minimum wage tax-credit system as adopted under the 2019 budgetary law, this new measure represents the last step towards achieving the 100 EUR net minimum wage increase with effect from 1 January 2019.