Aurélien Fleurot // Photo credit: AFP 06:03, March 27, 2024
Are you going to receive your salary a few days late? A question that arises exceptionally in this month of March since bank transfers will be blocked in Europe between this Friday, March 29 and Easter Monday, April 1. The reason: the payment system which manages transfers between European banks does not work on public holidays.
Electricity bills, rents... bank withdrawals often follow from the 30th or 31st of each month. But in this month of April, they risk having difficulties. The payment system that manages transfers between European banks does not work on public holidays. So, between Friday March 29 (a public holiday in the banking sector) and Easter Monday, if your employer has not anticipated, you risk not being paid until April 2.
“They will pay us our salary one day earlier than in previous months”
A delay which really would not be ideal for Timothée. “Four days is a bit long in terms of advances, rent, etc. But yes, we anticipate. We may actually ask the question, but I think the company will have done the necessary", he declared to Europe 1. Vincent is rather resigned to him, since he regularly experiences this situation: "My boss always pays me late so in any case it won't change much for me. All the bills that we have, I arrange for them to be debited as soon as my pay arrives. Otherwise, that's how we find ourselves in the red and then I have my banker on the hook."
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But fortunately, many companies have taken the lead and informed their employees. "In our company, this was taken into account. They warned us that there was a four-day delay and then they anticipated. This month, they will pay us our salary one day earlier than the previous months. precedents,” says an employee. And if your employer has not been as forsighted, it is not too late for a reminder, if the transfer is initiated today, you will be paid with this exceptional four-day banking break.