Remuneration

Information on basic pay, minimum wages, bonuses, employee benefits and rules concerning the payment of wages.

France:: Value sharing

The French employers’ organization MEDEF and the SME confederation signed a national agreement with trade unions (except CGT and CFE-CGC) in early 2023 concerning value sharing …

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France :: Payslips

When an employee is paid their wages, they must be provided with a payslip (bulletin de paie) …

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France :: Mandatory supplementary insurance schemes

It is mandatory for all companies to implement a supplementary health scheme for all their employees …

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France :: Restaurant vouchers

Under the Labour Code, employers are obliged to provide an eating area/canteen when at least 25 employees in the company wish to have their meals in the workplace …

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France :: Commuting arrangements

The 2020 Loi d’Orientation des Mobilités (LOM) Act  seeks to revolutionize mobility around the country …

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France :: Profit-sharing schemes

Share options are not as popular in France as in many other European countries …

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France :: Payment of wages

The French payroll system is one of the most complicated throughout Europe …

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France :: Executive pay

A company director (administrateur) does not have the same employment rights as a salaried employee …

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France :: Equal pay for equal work

Companies should ensure that pay rates for establishments within the same group are in line with the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ …

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France :: Company savings plans

The Labour Code (LC) requires employers to inform all new employees about any wage or salary savings schemes that are in operation …

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France :: Bonuses

contractual bonuses - discretionary bonuses - hardship bonus - holiday bonus - marriage bonus - 13th month bonus - calculation of minimum wage - case law

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France :: Benefits in kind

The most common benefits in kind offered to employees in France include: the provision of accommodation or free or discounted food; use of a company vehicle; supply of items of clothing that are used regularly; preferential prices for the goods or services produced by the company and use of a mobile phone or laptop outside of working hours …

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France :: Basic pay and minimum wage

minimum wage - SMIC - collective bargaining minimum pay rates - young workers - financial assistance for small companies

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