the national minimum wage was last raised in 2015.
when was the national minimum wage last raised?
2015
france's national minimum wage ("smic") as of 1 january 2010 is €8.86 per hour, representing an increase of 0.5% over the previous rate. a previous increase of 1.3% as from 1 july 2009, brought the hourly rate to €8.82, up from july 2008, when it was set at €8.71 per hour. in july 2006, the minimum wage in france was set at €8.27 (~us$11.98) per hour. in 2004, 15% of the working population received the minimum wage. the minimum wage in france is updated every year in january by the government. by law, the increase cannot be lower than the inflation for the current year. in the recent years the increase was up to two times higher than the inflation (around 5% raise with an inflation around 2%).
minimum wage law
municipal regulation of wage levels began in some towns in the united kingdom in 1524. national minimum wage law began with the trade boards act 1909, and the wages councils act 1945 set minimum wage standards in many sectors of the economy. wages councils were abolished in 1993 and subsequently replaced with a single statutory national minimum wage by the national minimum wage act 1998, which is still in force. the rates are reviewed each year by the country's low pay commission. from 1 april 2016 the minimum wage has been paid as a mandatory national living wage for workers over 25. it is being phased in between 2016 and 2020 and is set at a significantly higher level than previous minimum wage rates. by 2020 it is expected to have risen to at least £9 per hour and represent a full-time annual pay equivalent to 60% of the median uk earnings. the national living wage is nevertheless lower than the value of the living wage calculated by the living wage foundation. some organisations voluntarily pay a living wage to their staff, at a level somewhat higher than the statutory level. from september 2014 all nhs wales staff have been paid a minimum of the "living wage" recommended by the living wage commission. about 2,400 employees received an initial salary increase of up to £470 above the uk-wide agenda for change rates.
living wage