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'I feel no guilt': French boss defends €2.5m salary hike

Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:07:29 +0200

The boss of French car giant Peugeot Citroen insists a decision to double his salary to €5.2 million was entirely justified, despite the company cutting thousands of jobs.

French interns set to get €523 per month min wage

Thu, 15 May 2014 20:09:00 +0200

In a step that drew cheers from youth advocates, French senators voted this week to raise the proposed minimum wage for the country's legion of interns. Under the bill an intern would be paid a minimum of €523 per month.

France fights unequal pay with new phone app

Mon, 07 Apr 2014 17:11:00 +0200

“Leadership pour elles” - that’s the very Franglais name of a new smartphone app, launched on Monday, which is the French government's latest weapon to try to reduce the huge disparity between women's and men's wages in the country.

First French firms fined over unequal pay

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:30:00 +0200

France has reached a landmark moment in employment equality, with the minister for women’s rights announcing on Thursday that for the first time the government had fined two companies for paying female staff less than their male counterparts.

French PM wants limits on 'fat cat' pay

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:40:00 +0100

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Monday praised Swiss voters for backing moves to curb executive pay and said France should take inspiration from their lead.

French boss in hunger strike over taxes

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:36:00 +0200

The owner of a security company has gone on hunger strike outside a French tax collectors office, in protest at taxes that he says threaten to sink his firm.

French MPs refuse to cut own pay

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:38:32 +0100

French lawmakers rejected a proposal on Monday to cut their own pay by 10 percent. They have however agreed to reduce the National Assembly's budget by three percent.