Employment aid for hotels, cafés and restaurants

Article 10 of the Act of 9 August 2004 creates an employment aid for employers in hotels, cafés and restaurants (excluding contract catering) for periods of employment from 1 July 2004 to 31 December 2005, and an aid for self-employed workers in the sector who pay the pension and disability-death contributions of their working spouse. Decree No. 2004-1239 of 22 November 2004 sets the aid at €114.40 a month for an employee paid the minimum wage, €143 a month multiplied by a coefficient for other employees, and covers 25% (second half of 2004) then 50% (2005) of the working spouse's minimum contribution; bowling alleys and casinos are included.