When the minimum wage applicable in mainland France is raised in application of articles L. 3231-4 and L. 3231-5, the minimum wage in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin is raised on the same date and in the same proportions.
The minimum growth wage for Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin is set each year by decree in the Council of Ministers, taking into account the local economic situation as shown by the economic accounts of the department in question.
During the course of the year, the minimum growth wage in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin may be increased by regulation to a level higher than that resulting from the application of the provisions of article L. 3423-1.
Improvements in purchasing power during the year are taken into account when setting the minimum growth wage for Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin in application of the rule set out in article L. 3423-2.
The provisions relating to minimum monthly pay set out in articles L. 3232-1 et seq. are applicable in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, subject to the adaptations set out in this section.
Any employee referred to in Article L. 3211-1 who is not in receipt of statutory or contractual benefits for partial deprivation of employment and who is bound to his employer by a contract of employment involving a working week of at least twenty hours of actual work will receive minimum remuneration.
The minimum monthly remuneration is equal to the product of the amount of the minimum growth wage as set in application of articles L. 3231-2 to L. 3231-12 and L. 3423-1 to L. 3423-4, multiplied by the number of hours corresponding to the contractual working time for the month in question. After deduction of the compulsory contributions withheld by the employer, it may not exceed the net remuneration that would…
The minimum monthly remuneration is reduced accordingly when : 1° During the month in question, the employee has worked fewer hours than the contractual working time for one of the following reasons: a) Suspension of the employment contract, in particular as a result of the employee’s absence or as a result of illness, accident or maternity ; b) Direct effect of a collective work stoppage; 2° The employment contract began…
When, as a result of a reduction in working hours below the contractual working hours for reasons other than those listed in 1° of Article L. 3423-8, an employee has received, over the course of a month, by way of salary and statutory or contractual allowances for partial deprivation of employment, a total sum lower than the minimum remuneration, he shall be allocated a supplementary allowance equal to the difference…
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