FranceListe CSP, n° 167 · Living in French society
What must an employer do when setting a wage?
In the exam (French)
Que doit faire un employeur pour fixer un salaire ?
- aAsk the town hall for permissionDemander l'autorisation de la mairie
- bSet it according to the employee’s nationalityLe fixer selon la nationalité du salarié
- cSet it freely, even below the SMICLe fixer librement, même sous le SMIC
- dPay at least the SMICRespecter au minimum le SMICCorrect answer
Why?
The wage is set in the employment contract, but it cannot be lower than the SMIC (the national minimum wage), nor lower than the minimum set by the collective agreement (convention collective). The employer must also respect equality: it is forbidden to pay someone less because of their sex, origin or nationality.
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Knowledge questions: Ministry of the Interior (DIAN), official lists of knowledge questions CSP and CR, formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 21 October 2026; the official list for naturalisation, immigration.interieur.gouv.fr (DGEF), Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 25 October 2026. The answer options, the explanations, the situations and the English translation are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are in French. This is not a ministry service.
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