The issue of purchasing power, at a time when the economy seems to be picking up, has come back to the fore in recent days.
According to Élisabeth Borne, the Minister of Labor invited this Saturday morning on France Inter, "this subject comes into the debate, in particular due to the fact that we have seen that the margins of companies rose very strongly in the first and second quarters".
[We do not stop the eco] End of compulsory teleworking, health pass, labor shortages ... But also this rising question: should we increase wages?
Our interview with Elisabeth Borne, Minister of Labor
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“There are sectors that we have given massive help in the crisis and which today tell us: we are not able to recruit.
Well, they have to ask themselves the question of why they can't recruit, ”she said.
And to add: "I am waiting for them to put proposals on the table".
"Business constraints"
In particular, she invited “all companies whose margins allow it to seize” the purchasing power premium, known as the “Macron premium” which makes it possible to pay up to 2,000 euros tax-exempt per employee.
"But I also think that we have sectoral subjects", she added, with "sectors in which the working conditions, the remuneration are not up to the constraints of the trades", citing in particular the " hotels, cafes, restaurants ”, which“ must be called into question.
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Also questioned on France Inter earlier in the morning, the leader of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, had pointed out "a responsibility of the State" and estimated that it was necessary "to condition aid to companies" to the opening of "negotiations of branches in all sectors ”on remuneration and working conditions.