28-03-2024 03:34 PM Jerusalem Timing

Cabinet Approves Raising Lebanon’s Minimum Wage to 675,000 LL

Cabinet Approves Raising Lebanon’s Minimum Wage to 675,000 LL

Lebanese cabinet approved raising minimum wage from 500,000 LL to 675,000 LL

The Lebanese cabinet on Wednesday approved raising minimum wage from 500,000 LL to 675,000 LL.

A raise ranging between 175,000 LL and 236,000 LL will be added to salaries that range between 500,000 LL and 1 million LL.

Employees who earn a salary ranging between 1 million LL and 1.5 million LL will get a raise of maximum 281,000 LL, and those earning more than 1.5 million LL will get a raise that does not exceed 300,000 LL.

The cabinet also assigned Labor Minister Charbel Nahhas to prepare a draft law that allows the government to set a mechanism for the transportation and education allowances.

The cabinet’s decision followed an agreement reached between the economic committees and the General Workers’ Union.