Hire workers, invest more, get payroll tax cut: French President
by The Canadian Press
He also said "companies must commit to investing more in France and moving jobs back" to France from cheaper sites abroad
PARIS—French President Francois Hollande is telling top companies that they have to promise to hire more workers and invest more if they want to benefit from a promised cut in payroll taxes.
Companies in France pay the highest payroll taxes in Europe. A promised 30 billion-euro ($41 billion) payroll tax cut is a centerpiece of Hollande’s new bid to keep the economy from sliding back into recession and bring down the country’s nearly 11 per cent unemployment.
Hollande said companies have to promise to hire a fixed number of workers in exchange. He said it’s up to unions and employers to decide how many.
He also said “companies must commit to investing more in France and moving jobs back” to France from cheaper sites abroad.
