Setting the starting salary
A minimum defined by the hour rather than the month, a sector grid that often outranks the statutory floor, three notions of net that must not be confused, and a tax rate the employer applies without knowing it. Three modules built on a €1,500 advertisement and two colleagues on the same gross. All the prose is free to read; only the quizzes are sold.
Foundational3 modules24 minModule 1 free to read
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By the end of this course, you can…
These outcomes are the modules' own: the promise cannot say anything the course does not teach.
- Place the applicable hourly and monthly minimum wage
- Connect that minimum to the statutory working week
- Avoid the misunderstanding between gross announced and net expected
- Identify the main families of employee contributions
- Tell apart social net, taxable net and net payable
- Announce a salary without promising what the business does not control
- Understand where the withholding rate on the payslip comes from
- Place the allowance for professional expenses and its limits
- Explain the effect of household units without computing the tax
The programme, module by module
Each module has its own page. Durations are derived from the actual text, never announced by hand.
- Module 18 minFree — no accountStarting from the statutory minimumWhat you will be able to do
- Place the applicable hourly and monthly minimum wage
- Connect that minimum to the statutory working week
- Avoid the misunderstanding between gross announced and net expected
- Module 28 minIncluded in the full courseFrom gross to the net paidWhat you will be able to do
- Identify the main families of employee contributions
- Tell apart social net, taxable net and net payable
- Announce a salary without promising what the business does not control
- Module 38 minIncluded in the full courseWhat is left after taxWhat you will be able to do
- Understand where the withholding rate on the payslip comes from
- Place the allowance for professional expenses and its limits
- Explain the effect of household units without computing the tax
What you take away
A handout you keep, not just a page you read. The sections are derived from the course itself: what is announced here is exactly what gets generated.
Participant handout (PDF)
PDF
- Learning objectives (3)
- Key figures (3)
- Mistakes to avoid (3)
- Official sources (3)
Exercise workbook (Word)
Word
- Learning objectives (3)
- Key figures (3)
- Mistakes to avoid (3)
- Official sources (3)
Answers live in a separate appendix: the participant handout and the workbook stay distributable before the exercise.
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