| Oh, there’s a lot more where that came from. Just an example. During a heatwave some summer over a decade ago, many elderly people died. So what did the government do? They instituted a "day of solidarity", of course! What does it mean? If you are salaried, then you get to work an extra day, during a holiday of your company’s choosing, and not be paid. The day’s salary will go to a public fund dedicated to helping promote the autonomy of elderly people. And your employer gets an extra day of employees supposedly producing value out of it. Many people instead take the day, either on their paid leave or their Work Time Reduction days (RTT). That’s on top of all the other social "contributions" (sounds better than taxes), of course. Payslips used to be quite funny to decipher[1][2]. They’ve simplified those a bit since then; mostly by regrouping items[3]. [1]: http://cdn-s-www.ledauphine.com/images/F9FED7FA-778E-40CA-8F... [2]: https://cap.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/http.3A.2F.2Fprd2-bone-i... [3]: http://s-www.ledauphine.com/images/39A7BC0B-D6E2-456D-800D-5... |
