Subsection 2: Annual negotiations

The organisations bound by a branch agreement or, failing that, by professional agreements meet at least once a year to negotiate on wages. These negotiations shall take into account the objective of professional equality between women and men, as well as the measures for achieving it.

Negotiations on wages provide an opportunity for the parties to examine the following data at branch level at least once a year: 1° Economic trends, the employment situation in the branch, its development and the annual or multi-year forecasts drawn up, particularly with regard to fixed-term employment contracts and temporary work assignments; 2° Any preventive measures planned in the light of these forecasts; 3° Changes in average actual salaries by…

When the national professional minimum wage for employees without qualifications within the meaning of 4° of II of article L. 2261-22 is lower than the interprofessional minimum growth wage, the organisations bound by a branch agreement or, failing that, by professional agreements meet to negotiate on wages. If the employers fail to take the initiative within forty-five days, negotiations will begin within fifteen days of a request from a representative…