French minimum hourly gross wage for foreign transport companies posting their drivers in France has been updated on 29/02/2020 to 10.39 €.
Hourly wage for workers in the road transport of GOODS:
Please note:
according to the French national agreement, drivers of trucks and articulated vehicles for more than 3.5 t GVW, performing international transport operations, are considered to be equivalent to group 7, coefficient 150M. Minimum wage applicable to these drivers should then be 10.39 €/gross/hour.
Refer to the table here below for other categories of drivers:
Extra hours rates:
Extra hours rates:
* Extra hours increase when working hours exceed the statutory maximum number of working hours per week (35h for long distance drivers; 39h for short distance drivers).
- Example: long-distance driver’s wage when working 45h hours weekly:
- 15 € * 35h
- 53 € * 8h (from 36th to 43rd extra hours)
- 04 € * 2h (for 44th and 45th hours worked)
Sunday work
- more than (3) hours: 20 € prime/day
- less than (3) hours: 40 € prime/day
Night Work:
It is considered to be night work every hour worked between 10 pm and 5 am (according to the article L1321-7 of the law of transport).
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