The sliding wage scale consists in increasing the
wages as the prices rise in order to maintain the
purchasing power of the workers even if there is
inflation.
Application
In France
The sliding wage scale was introduced in France in July 1952 under the president
Vincent Auriol (
SFIO
The French Section of the Workers' International (french: Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière, SFIO) was a political party in France that was founded in 1905 and succeeded in 1969 by the modern-day Socialist Party. The SFIO was found ...
) in the administration Antoine Pinay (
RI).
It was removed in 1982 as
Jacques Delors (
PS) was Finance minister, in the second administration of Pierre Mauroy (
PS).
In Italy
In Italy it was introduced in 1945, modified in 1982 and definitely removed in 1992.
In the European Union
Since 2013 salaries of employees of the institutions of the
European Union are linked to the rate of inflation of
Belgium and
Luxembourg.
Politico June 21, 2022
"Commission staff get pay raise — against its own advice"
References
Wages and salaries
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