{
  "table": "pay-raise-calculator-rules",
  "schema": 1,
  "version": "2026-11-11.2",
  "title": "Pay rise rules: minimum hourly wages, working-week basis and the latest annual CPI inflation, France and United Kingdom",
  "doc": "Rule table read by the pay-raise-calculator handler (ctx.data['pay-raise-calculator-rules']). For each country: the currency; weeks_per_year, the number of weeks used to turn a weekly figure into a yearly one (France: the legal monthly basis of 35 h × 52 ÷ 12 = 151.67 h; United Kingdom: GOV.UK's minimum wage guidance divides annual hours by 52); legal_weekly_hours, the hours assumed when the person leaves the field blank (France: the legal working week of 35 hours; United Kingdom: null, because UK law sets no standard working week, so the hourly figures need the person's own hours); minimum_wage, the gross hourly minimum of each band the page offers, with its own validity (France: the SMIC and its reduced rates for young workers with under 6 months' experience in their sector, and the separate SMIC of Mayotte; United Kingdom: the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage bands from 1 April 2026, with the rates already announced for 1 April 2027 kept under next_rates for the page copy only), and period_pay_rounding, how the minimum pay for a week, a month or a year at the person's hours is taken to the cent before it is compared with the pay (France: to the nearest cent, as the official monthly SMIC is published; United Kingdom: up, as the pay must reach hours × rate); inflation, the latest final 12-month change in the consumer prices index (France: INSEE CPI, all households, France; United Kingdom: ONS CPI), with the month it refers to. Amounts are in major units (12.31 means 12.31 € an hour) and rates in percentage points (3.1 means 3.1 %). The SMIC is revalued every 1 January, and during the year whenever prices rise 2 % or more since the last revaluation, so the table is valid until 31 December 2026 at the latest; the inflation figures are final and never revised, but a newer month is published every month (INSEE in mid-month, the ONS next on 18 November 2026), so they must be refreshed at each release to stay the latest. Every value carries source_url (primary official source), source_date (that source's own date), retrieved (the day it was read there), valid_from and valid_until (null: in force until changed; a null valid_from means the start date was not verified for this table).",
  "reviewed_on": "2026-11-11",
  "reviewed_by": "apps agent (pay-raise-calculator): every value read at its official source on 2026-11-11 (Légifrance, Service-Public.fr, INSEE BDM SDMX series 011814632 and the SMIC page, GOV.UK minimum wage rates and guidance, ONS series D7G7 and its September 2026 bulletin); owner review pending",
  "valid_from": "2026-11-11",
  "valid_until": "2026-12-31",
  "locale_country": {
    "fr-FR": "FR",
    "en-GB": "GB"
  },
  "countries": {
    "FR": {
      "currency": "EUR",
      "weeks_per_year": {
        "value": 52,
        "rule": "Monthly basis of a full-time job: 35 h × 52 weeks ÷ 12 months = 151.67 h a month, the figure Service-Public.fr gives; the official monthly SMIC (12.31 € × 35 × 52 ÷ 12 = 1,867.02 €) and yearly SMIC (12.31 € × 35 × 52 = 22,404.20 €) use the same 52 weeks.",
        "source_url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1911",
        "source_date": "2025-09-25",
        "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
        "valid_from": null,
        "valid_until": null
      },
      "legal_weekly_hours": {
        "value": 35,
        "legal_basis": "Code du travail, article L3121-27",
        "source_url": "https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/article_lc/LEGIARTI000033020376",
        "source_date": "2016-08-10",
        "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
        "valid_from": null,
        "valid_until": null
      },
      "minimum_wage": {
        "name": {
          "fr-FR": "Smic",
          "en-GB": "SMIC (French minimum wage)"
        },
        "period_pay_rounding": {
          "value": "half_up",
          "rule": "The minimum pay for a week, a month or a year is the hourly SMIC × the weekly hours × 52 ÷ the periods in a year, taken to the nearest cent, as the official monthly figures are: 12.31 € × 35 × 52 ÷ 12 = 1,867.016… € is published as 1,867.02 €, and 9.56 € × 35 × 52 ÷ 12 = 1,449.933… € (Mayotte) as 1,449.93 €.",
          "legal_basis": "Arrêté du 22 mai 2026 relatif au relèvement du salaire minimum de croissance, notice: « soit 1 867,02 € mensuels » and, for Mayotte, « soit 1 449,93 € mensuels » on the basis of the legal working week of 35 hours",
          "source_url": "https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000054126589",
          "source_date": "2026-05-24",
          "see_also": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2300",
          "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
          "valid_from": "2026-06-01",
          "valid_until": null
        },
        "bands": [
          {
            "id": "fr-adult",
            "hourly": 12.31,
            "name": {
              "fr-FR": "Smic",
              "en-GB": "SMIC"
            },
            "applies_to": {
              "fr-FR": "Salarié de 18 ans ou plus, ou mineur ayant 6 mois de pratique dans sa branche ; métropole et outre-mer hors Mayotte",
              "en-GB": "Employees aged 18 or over, or under 18 with 6 months' experience in their sector; mainland France and overseas France except Mayotte"
            },
            "legal_basis": "Arrêté du 22 mai 2026 relatif au relèvement du salaire minimum de croissance (JORF n° 0121 du 24 mai 2026): 12.31 € from 1 June 2026 in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon",
            "source_url": "https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000054126589",
            "source_date": "2026-05-24",
            "see_also": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2300",
            "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
            "valid_from": "2026-06-01",
            "valid_until": null
          },
          {
            "id": "fr-17",
            "hourly": 11.08,
            "name": {
              "fr-FR": "Smic minoré de 10 % (17 ans)",
              "en-GB": "SMIC less 10% (aged 17)"
            },
            "applies_to": {
              "fr-FR": "Salarié de 17 ans ayant moins de 6 mois de pratique professionnelle dans sa branche",
              "en-GB": "Employees aged 17 with under 6 months' experience in their sector"
            },
            "legal_basis": "Code du travail, article D3231-3 (abattement de 10 % entre 17 et 18 ans)",
            "source_url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2300",
            "source_date": "2026-06-01",
            "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
            "valid_from": "2026-06-01",
            "valid_until": null
          },
          {
            "id": "fr-16",
            "hourly": 9.85,
            "name": {
              "fr-FR": "Smic minoré de 20 % (16 ans et moins)",
              "en-GB": "SMIC less 20% (aged 16 or under)"
            },
            "applies_to": {
              "fr-FR": "Salarié de 16 ans ou moins ayant moins de 6 mois de pratique professionnelle dans sa branche",
              "en-GB": "Employees aged 16 or under with under 6 months' experience in their sector"
            },
            "legal_basis": "Code du travail, article D3231-3 (abattement de 20 % avant 17 ans)",
            "source_url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2300",
            "source_date": "2026-06-01",
            "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
            "valid_from": "2026-06-01",
            "valid_until": null
          },
          {
            "id": "fr-mayotte",
            "hourly": 9.56,
            "name": {
              "fr-FR": "Smic de Mayotte",
              "en-GB": "Mayotte SMIC"
            },
            "applies_to": {
              "fr-FR": "Salarié de 18 ans ou plus travaillant à Mayotte",
              "en-GB": "Employees aged 18 or over working in Mayotte"
            },
            "legal_basis": "Arrêté du 22 mai 2026 relatif au relèvement du salaire minimum de croissance (JORF n° 0121 du 24 mai 2026): 9.56 € from 1 June 2026 in Mayotte",
            "source_url": "https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000054126589",
            "source_date": "2026-05-24",
            "see_also": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2300",
            "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
            "valid_from": "2026-06-01",
            "valid_until": null
          }
        ],
        "previous": {
          "fr-adult": {
            "hourly": 12.02,
            "valid_from": "2026-01-01",
            "valid_until": "2026-05-31",
            "source_url": "https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1375188",
            "source_date": "2026-09-09",
            "retrieved": "2026-11-11"
          }
        }
      },
      "inflation": {
        "rate": 3.1,
        "month": "2026-09",
        "publisher": {
          "fr-FR": "Insee",
          "en-GB": "INSEE"
        },
        "index": {
          "fr-FR": "indice des prix à la consommation, ensemble des ménages, France",
          "en-GB": "consumer price index, all households, France"
        },
        "series": "011814632",
        "source_url": "https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/serie/011814632",
        "data_url": "https://bdm.insee.fr/series/sdmx/data/SERIES_BDM/011814632",
        "source_date": "2026-10-15",
        "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
        "valid_from": "2026-10-15",
        "valid_until": null,
        "note": "Final figure for September 2026. INSEE's provisional estimate for October 2026 (3.4 %, 30 October 2026) becomes final in mid-November 2026 and should then replace it."
      }
    },
    "GB": {
      "currency": "GBP",
      "weeks_per_year": {
        "value": 52,
        "rule": "Annual hours ÷ 52 = hours in a weekly pay reference period, as in GOV.UK's worked example (1,400 ÷ 52 = 26.92 hours).",
        "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/calculating-the-minimum-wage/working-hours-for-which-the-minimum-wage-must-be-paid",
        "source_date": "2026-10-23",
        "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
        "valid_from": null,
        "valid_until": null
      },
      "legal_weekly_hours": {
        "value": null,
        "note": "UK law sets a 48-hour average weekly maximum, which a worker can opt out of, but no standard working week, so the page asks for the person's own hours.",
        "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/maximum-weekly-working-hours",
        "source_date": "2015-03-09",
        "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
        "valid_from": null,
        "valid_until": null
      },
      "minimum_wage": {
        "name": {
          "fr-FR": "salaire minimum britannique",
          "en-GB": "National Minimum Wage"
        },
        "period_pay_rounding": {
          "value": "up",
          "rule": "The pay for a pay reference period must be at least the hours worked in it × the hourly rate, so the minimum pay for a week, a month or a year (rate × weekly hours × 52 ÷ the periods in a year) is rounded up to the penny: £12.71 × 37.5 × 52 ÷ 12 = £2,065.375 needs £2,065.38 a month.",
          "legal_basis": "National Minimum Wage Act 1998, section 1(1): pay for each pay reference period at a rate not less than the national minimum wage; National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/621), regulation 7: that rate is the pay in the pay reference period divided by the hours worked in it",
          "see_also": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/621/regulation/7",
          "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/calculating-the-minimum-wage/calculating-the-minimum-wage",
          "source_date": "2026-10-23",
          "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
          "valid_from": null,
          "valid_until": null
        },
        "bands": [
          {
            "id": "gb-21-over",
            "hourly": 12.71,
            "name": {
              "fr-FR": "National Living Wage (21 ans et plus)",
              "en-GB": "National Living Wage (21 and over)"
            },
            "applies_to": {
              "fr-FR": "Travailleurs de 21 ans et plus",
              "en-GB": "Workers aged 21 and over"
            },
            "legal_basis": "National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/621), as amended for the rates from 1 April 2026",
            "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates",
            "source_date": "2026-11-05",
            "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
            "valid_from": "2026-04-01",
            "valid_until": "2027-03-31"
          },
          {
            "id": "gb-18-20",
            "hourly": 10.85,
            "name": {
              "fr-FR": "National Minimum Wage (18 à 20 ans)",
              "en-GB": "National Minimum Wage (18 to 20)"
            },
            "applies_to": {
              "fr-FR": "Travailleurs de 18 à 20 ans",
              "en-GB": "Workers aged 18 to 20"
            },
            "legal_basis": "National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/621), as amended for the rates from 1 April 2026",
            "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates",
            "source_date": "2026-11-05",
            "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
            "valid_from": "2026-04-01",
            "valid_until": "2027-03-31"
          },
          {
            "id": "gb-under-18",
            "hourly": 8,
            "name": {
              "fr-FR": "National Minimum Wage (moins de 18 ans)",
              "en-GB": "National Minimum Wage (under 18)"
            },
            "applies_to": {
              "fr-FR": "Travailleurs de moins de 18 ans",
              "en-GB": "Workers under 18"
            },
            "legal_basis": "National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/621), as amended for the rates from 1 April 2026",
            "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates",
            "source_date": "2026-11-05",
            "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
            "valid_from": "2026-04-01",
            "valid_until": "2027-03-31"
          },
          {
            "id": "gb-apprentice",
            "hourly": 8,
            "name": {
              "fr-FR": "taux apprenti",
              "en-GB": "apprentice rate"
            },
            "applies_to": {
              "fr-FR": "Apprentis de moins de 19 ans, ou de 19 ans et plus en première année d’apprentissage",
              "en-GB": "Apprentices under 19, or aged 19 or over in the first year of their apprenticeship"
            },
            "legal_basis": "National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/621), as amended for the rates from 1 April 2026",
            "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates",
            "source_date": "2026-11-05",
            "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
            "valid_from": "2026-04-01",
            "valid_until": "2027-03-31"
          }
        ],
        "previous": {
          "gb-21-over": { "hourly": 12.21, "valid_from": "2025-04-01", "valid_until": "2026-03-31" },
          "gb-18-20": { "hourly": 10, "valid_from": "2025-04-01", "valid_until": "2026-03-31" },
          "gb-under-18": { "hourly": 7.55, "valid_from": "2025-04-01", "valid_until": "2026-03-31" },
          "gb-apprentice": { "hourly": 7.55, "valid_from": "2025-04-01", "valid_until": "2026-03-31" },
          "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates",
          "source_date": "2026-11-05",
          "retrieved": "2026-11-11"
        },
        "next_rates": {
          "valid_from": "2027-04-01",
          "rates": { "gb-21-over": 13.21, "gb-18-20": 11.27, "gb-under-18": 8.31, "gb-apprentice": 8.31 },
          "note": "Announced rates, not yet in force on 2026-11-11; quoted in the page copy only and never used in a calculation.",
          "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates",
          "source_date": "2026-11-05",
          "retrieved": "2026-11-11"
        }
      },
      "inflation": {
        "rate": 3.5,
        "month": "2026-09",
        "publisher": {
          "fr-FR": "ONS",
          "en-GB": "ONS"
        },
        "index": {
          "fr-FR": "indice des prix à la consommation CPI, Royaume-Uni",
          "en-GB": "Consumer Prices Index (CPI), UK"
        },
        "series": "D7G7",
        "source_url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/consumerpriceinflation/september2026",
        "data_url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/timeseries/d7g7/mm23",
        "source_date": "2026-10-21",
        "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
        "valid_from": "2026-10-21",
        "valid_until": null,
        "next_release": "2026-11-18",
        "note": "CPI rose by 3.5% in the 12 months to September 2026 (CPIH, the ONS's lead measure, by 3.6%). The October 2026 figure is published on 18 November 2026 and should then replace it."
      }
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    { "label": "Légifrance: arrêté du 22 mai 2026 relatif au relèvement du salaire minimum de croissance", "url": "https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000054126589", "date": "2026-05-24" },
    { "label": "Service-Public.fr: Smic (salaire minimum interprofessionnel de croissance)", "url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2300", "date": "2026-06-01" },
    { "label": "Service-Public.fr: durée du travail d'un salarié à temps plein", "url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1911", "date": "2025-09-25" },
    { "label": "INSEE: indice des prix à la consommation, glissement annuel, série 011814632", "url": "https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/serie/011814632", "date": "2026-10-15" },
    { "label": "INSEE: évolution du Smic", "url": "https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1375188", "date": "2026-09-09" },
    { "label": "GOV.UK: National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates", "date": "2026-11-05" },
    { "label": "GOV.UK: calculating the minimum wage, working hours", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/calculating-the-minimum-wage/working-hours-for-which-the-minimum-wage-must-be-paid", "date": "2026-10-23" },
    { "label": "ONS: Consumer price inflation, UK: September 2026", "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/consumerpriceinflation/september2026", "date": "2026-10-21" }
  ]
}