The Macron bonus paid up to a salary of 3 Smic according to the government

The decision was announced in mid-March by Jean Castex, but the salary level, which remained to be specified, was announced to the social partners on Wednesday by the ministry, during a meeting devoted to "value sharing" .

In order for so-called "second-line" workers to benefit as a priority from this bonus, the ceiling may be raised to 2.000 euros "if the company or the branch formally commit to actions to promote these workers (method agreement at the level of the branch or the company committing to undertake actions in this direction) ", according to the ministry.

The ceiling of 2.000 euros may also benefit employees whose company is covered by a profit-sharing agreement in force.

To give sufficient time for negotiation within companies, the bonus may be paid until the beginning of 2022. The system will be applicable retroactively for the bonuses paid from the filing of the amending finance bill, which will integrate these measures into the 'summer.

"The renewal of this exceptional purchasing power bonus, which had benefited nearly 5 million employees in 2019 and more than 6 million in 2020, is an important new measure to strengthen the purchasing power of the French in the face of the crisis ", welcomed the Minister of Labor, Elisabeth Borne.

In addition, the working group looked into the possibilities of facilitating the use of profit-sharing and profit-sharing in companies with less than 50 employees to develop employee savings plans.

One of the proposals adopted consists of increasing the threshold from 11 to 50 employees from which the employer can establish the profit-sharing scheme unilaterally, in the absence of agreement.

Another would allow those companies with less than 50 employees to enter into profit-sharing agreements going beyond the legal minimum, as is possible for larger companies.