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What is the SMIC?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
Multi-year residence permit no. 168
Qu'est-ce que le SMIC ?
What is the SMIC?
Answer. The legal minimum wage in France.
Le salaire minimum légal en France.
SMIC stands for salaire minimum interprofessionnel de croissance. No employer has the right to pay an employee less than this amount, which is revised upward every year.
The official text that proves it
« Il est interdit de verser un salaire inférieur au salaire minimum de croissance »
It is forbidden to pay a salary lower than the salaire minimum de croissance (SMIC, the minimum wage)
In French, with its English meaning. read the official sheet
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