Lebanon Boosts Minimum Wage 35% After Earlier Proposals Rejected
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Lebanon agreed to raise the minimum wage by 35 percent, the first increase since 2008, after more than three previous proposals were rejected by unions or an advisory committee.
Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s government agreed late yesterday to boost the wage to 675,000 Lebanese pounds ($448) a month, Information Minister Walid Daouk said in a statement on the premier’s website.