Lebanon’s minimum-wage row on next week’s Cabinet agenda
September 5, 2008
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BEIRUT: The Cabinet is expected to meet next week to look into the proposal of Finance Minister Mohammad Shatah to raise the minimum wage to LL500,000 ($333) amid indications that this suggestion may not be settled in one session. Labor Minister Mohammad Fneish told The Daily Star on Thursday that he would give his opinion about the debate over the minimum wages during the Cabinet session.
“I have listed carefully to the Consumer Price Index Committee as well as to the private sector and the General Labor Confederation (GLC). But I think the differences between the labor unions and the private sector are as wide as before,” the minister said. Read more
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