Sub-minimum rates for selected Member States, January 2025
Table 2: Sub-minimum rates for selected Member States, January 2025
(a) In France, these contracts allow young employees to acquire a professional qualification and promote their professional integration or reintegration. (b) Trainees may not be paid if they work for less than two months. When working for more than two months, trainees receive EUR 4.35 per hour.
Source: Network of Eurofound Correspondents, based on national official sources
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