The minimum wage should ultimately increase more than expected next year.
This is what Élisabeth Borne announced on Tuesday evening on the set of BFM Business.
While the panel of economists consulted before each increase on Monday forecast a revaluation of between 0.5 and 0.6% on January 1, the Minister of Labor said the next day that it would in fact be higher than this forecast.
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The latest inflation figures published today (Tuesday) by INSEE are higher than what had been anticipated for the month of November,
" explained Élisabeth Borne.
Year on year, consumer prices rose 2.8% in November, revealed the statistics institute, after + 2.6% the previous month.
This data, as well as purchasing power, is taken into account to calculate the mechanical increase in the minimum wage each year.
A revaluation of 2.2% in October
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We will have a consultation with the social partners on December 15,
” when the final inflation figures were released in November, the reference month for calculating the minimum wage, added the minister.
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The latter recalled that the minimum wage had benefited from an exceptional increase in October, of 2.2% - to be increased to 10.48 euros gross per hour and 1,589.47 euros per month -, due to a price increase of more than 2% between November 2020 and August 2021. It was the first time since 2011 that an automatic increase occurred outside January 1st.
