Understanding French payroll without the jargon: payslips, contributions, ceilings and contract types, explained from the official rate schedules.
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The ceiling does not cap the salary: it is the calculation base for part of the contributions and draws the line between band 1 and band 2. How the mechanism works and what it does at the threshold.
Read the article: The French Social Security ceiling (PASS) in 2026
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At the same gross salary, a fixed-term and a permanent contract do not cost the employer the same. The gaps are narrower than people assume and centre on the CPF-CDD contribution and the end-of-contract premium.
Read the article: Permanent vs fixed-term contracts: the differences
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Twenty contribution lines between gross and net: old-age insurance, CSG, CRDS, supplementary pension. This guide explains each block of the payslip, in the order it appears.