Government attacked over nurses' pay

France

Trade unions have criticised health minister Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin for what they see as misleading statements about proposed increases to nurses’ pay. The unions say that her claims that nurses will see their pay rise by €2500 only applies to a small proportion of specialist nurses and that this will only be from 2016. For new starters nurses’ pay will be worth 20% more than the minimum wage from 2016. In contrast, at the beginning of the 1980s starting salaries for nurses were worth 50% more than the minimum wage. Unions are particularly angry about proposals to remove the right to retire from the age of 55.
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