In the absence of a collective agreement at branch or company level setting guarantees for the development of employees’ pay during maternity leave and following such leave that are at least as favourable as those mentioned in this article, such pay, within the meaning of article L. 3221-3, is increased, following such leave, by general increases as well as by the average of individual increases received during the period of such leave by employees in the same professional category or, failing that, by the average of individual increases in the company.
This rule does not apply to collective branch or company agreements concluded prior to the entry into force of law no. 2006-340 of 23 March 2006 on equal pay for men and women.