wages and remuneration

Like each year, the roof of the Social security was revalorized. Since January 1st, 2009, it rises from now on with 2859 € per month, instead of 2773 € in 2008, that is to say a progression of 3,10%. The roof Social security has a big role: it is in particular used to calculate certain social security contributions (of which contributions of retreat) and the amount of services like the daily allowances of disease or maternity.

Until today, in France, they are the judges of the Court of appeal who pointed out the principle according to which the temporary employees must be discussed same manner as the permanent employees and in particular in term of remuneration. It is an official text which governs from now on this rule. Indeed, the European directive of December 5th, 2008 guarantees to the temporary workers an equal treatment between their regime and that of the permanent employees. According to this text, they in addition owe, being informed of the possibilities of permanent posts in the firm and must have equal acces to the collective installations (canteen, transport,…). Member States, as France will have then to take measures in this direction and will even be able, by channel of collective agreement, to provide for a more favorable regime.

In order to encourage the resumption of an employment by the recipients of the social minimums, a new operative paragraph of social security should be generalized as from July 2009: income of active solidarity . According to the bill forwarded today in the Council of Ministers, it will be from now on possible to cumulate low-incomes of work with a supplementary benefit. Thus, the recipient will have a true financial interest to take again an employment, even part-time and remunerated by the . For example, a person touching 450 € social minimums which is seen proposing wages of 500 € will receive a complementary allowance being able to go up to 300 €, that is to say a total of 800 € of resources. Also, the will replace the existing social minimums like the and the single parent allocation.