Subsection 1: Guaranteeing employees' purchasing power

When the minimum growth wage is increased in application of the provisions of article L. 3231-5, a joint order of the ministers responsible for labour, agriculture and the economy and finance announces the new amount of this wage.

Employees defined in Article L. 3231-1 who have reached the age of eighteen receive from their employers, when their contractual hourly wage has fallen below the minimum growth wage in force, a supplement calculated so as to bring their remuneration up to the amount of this minimum growth wage.

The hourly wage to be taken into consideration for the application of article D. 3231-5 is that which corresponds to one hour’s actual work, taking into account benefits in kind and various bonuses which have the effect of additional pay. Sums paid by way of reimbursement of expenses, statutory overtime allowances and transport bonuses are excluded.