The passed actuality of the sliding wage scale. ; Le passé présent de l'échelle mobile des salaires. ; The passed actuality of the sliding wage scale.: A comparison between France and Belgium ; Le passé présent de l'échelle mobile des salaires.: Une comparaison France-Belgique

International audience ; This article is based on a paper presented at the conference ‘The State and wages since 1945: collective bargaining and the minimum wage’ organised by the Comité d'Histoire des Administrations Chargées du Travail et de la Formation Professionnelle. It sets out the emergence, breaks and continuities in terms of wage indexation, sometimes referred to as the ‘sliding scale’. The article presents the cases of France and Belgium and compares the singular trajectories of the two countries in terms of wage formation. Belgium has a centralised and coordinated system with autom... Mehr ...