In a report transmitted, Monday, November 29, to the social partners, a group of experts recommends not to give a boost to the minimum wage after the markup of 2.2% on 1 October.
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The SMIC could be revalued from 0.5% to 0.6% at 1 ER January 2022. This is apparent from the report of a group of experts who was transmitted , Monday, November 29, to the social partners and that Le Monde could consult. It is at this stage only an estimate, the exact percentage to be stopped in the coming days by the executive. His choice will be watched with redoubled attention, in an increased inflation context that feeds wage demands within companies and propels the theme of purchasing power to the foreground of the presidential campaign.
Every year, a few days before Christmas, the public authorities determine the amount of the minimum wage to be applied from the following 1 . The texts predict that it is increasing at least once every twelve months, taking into account two variables: inflation off tobacco (as measured for the 20% of the most modest households) and the half of the annual increase in the purchasing power of the basic hourly wage of workers and employees (Shboe). The state has, moreover, the possibility of going beyond this mechanism by giving a “boost”. To pronounce, he has a report, awarded at the end of each fall by a researcher committee that the economist Gilbert this chairs.
Today, this ritual takes place in a particular context because the SMIC was increased by 2.2% the 1 October, to reach a little more than 1589.47 euros gross a month (for full time). This is the first time since 2011, an increase, called “infrarnual”, has been decided. It follows from another rule, according to which the minimum wage should be noted during the year when the price index for the 20% of the most modest families increases by at least 2% over a period called “reference “, which was the case at the beginning of the second semester.
Crisis output” Unstable “
In the case of the increase in the 1st of January 2022, the group of experts recommends, as in previous years, “to abstain from any thumb”: in other words, It should not be more generous than the automatic revaluation formula, based on inflation and the Shboe. In this hypothesis, the gain would be tenu: between just under 8 and some 9.5 euros gross a month.
To justify this moderation, the committee chaired by Gilbert this summons “considerations” identical to those he had developed in his past report. The exit of crisis is “very progressive” and “unstable”, it is better to give priority to “the consolidation of high recent job creation” compared to the pay slip. In addition, the tricolor economy remains fragile, with a rate of “still very high unemployment” (8.1% in the third quarter) and a “weak competitiveness”, as evidenced by our trade balance “continuously” in the red “since 2006 “. Finally, too supported support for SMIC could play the detriment of the use of people whose remuneration is at this level. However, these are often found in vulnerable situations and exercise low-skilled trades.
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