Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. ALAIN JOCARD / AFP
This new increase is the result of inflation, which rose to 5.7% in March over one year.
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne assured Friday that the Smic would increase “just over 2%on May 1 and called on companies to “renegotiate salary scalesto defend purchasing power after inflation in March was a little stronger than expected.
This inflation, which has reached 5.7%, will mechanically lead “to a revaluation of the minimum wage on May 1 of just over 2%“, bringing its increase to 6% over one year, explained the head of government during the visit to a supermarket in Eure-et-Loir.
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