A French employee claiming to be in poor health receives on average a remuneration of 13.8% lower than that of a healthy person, according to the Irdes survey. In contrast, smaller differences are observed for individuals with a long-term condition and activity limitations, respectively 6% and 1.2%.
Two-thirds of the pay differentials do not meet any objective criteria. According to the authors of the study, “the breakdown of wage gaps shows that the“ unexplained part ”, attributable to wage discrimination, amounts to 65% of the wage gap according to perceived health status, against 51% for activity limitations and long-term illnesses.
Gender is, however, a clearly identified discrimination criterion. Indeed, “Women are subjected to more discrimination pay than men, their level of discrimination amounting to 82% of the pay gap, against 48% for men ”.
The bottom line: if you want to get a raise, start by shouting from the rooftops that you’ve never felt so healthy!
