“It is a step forward, but it is insufficient.“Françoise Fiter was in the studios of France Bleu Roussillon, this Tuesday morning, to return to the vote of the Departmental Council of Pyrénées-Orientales. The department validated at the end of November the national measure which allows toincrease the salary of home helpers and carers (on average 250 euros per month, depending on the employees).
However, the measure only concerns the private and voluntary sectors. Home help for the public is therefore not affected. by this salary increase.
“It is unfair and we regret it.”
In other words, the measure does not concern not even half of the carers of the Pyrénées-Orientales (1,305 employees out of the 3,000 home helpers in the department). “It’s unfair and we regret it, recognizes Françoise Fiter. It risks causing employees to flee from the public to the private sector. “