PAYROLL IN FRANCE

Going for global growth? Here’s what you need to know about payroll if your business is expanding into France. Payroll regulations are a complex and constantly moving target everywhere, but notoriously so in France. The challenge is to ensure your payroll is compliant with them. Get your payroll compliance right and it’ll help deliver a positive employee experience for your people. Get it wrong can result in financial penalties, investigation by local authorities and reputational damage.

While the payroll and HR regulations in most developed nations are similar, it’s the ‘exceptions’ in each country that can be challenging. In France, these differences range from a variety of contribution scales and reporting requirements that apply from ‘moment zero’ of an employee’s first day, to the hundreds of collective bargaining agreements that cover around 90% of the workforce and minimum wage levels that vary by sector.