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Raising the minimum wage for workers in the private sector to 250 000 dinars
27/5/2015
Brother - Baghdad
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, for an increase in the minimum wage for unskilled workers by 250 thousand dinars in the private, mixed and cooperative sector.
According to a statement of the Ministry, on Wednesday, it received for News Agency (et) a copy of the "Committee to determine the minimum wage for workers, headed by the ministry, recommended the adoption of the amount of 250 000 dinars a minimum wage for workers in the private sector instead of the previous amount of 120 000 dinars." .
"The Council of Ministers voted on the Commission's decision", adding that "the Committee was based on the provisions of Article 46 / item II, of the Labour Law No. 71 of 1987 to adopt a minimum wage worker is skilled in sectors [private, and mixed, and the cooperative] amount dinars of $ 250 per month instead of the previous amount of $ 120 dinars per month. "
The statement said "There is a draft law to work has been read a second reading which is in its final phase, as amended by the committee charged with reviewing the bill."
He said, "The law provides that a worker gets a wage sufficient to meet basic needs, and enable him to support his family and give him the opportunity to enjoy the fruits of what is achieved economic progress."
He stressed "the need to address to the international conventions, including the Convention No. 26 of the ILO, which included methods of determining the minimum wages," noting that he "will not be so far to determine the minimum wage for specialized professions."
He called for "use of the tours and field inspection teams and the Ministry of Industry and the Federation of Iraqi industries being a framework that must move through it, as well as the use of scientific theories and studies and research on the subject of the minimum wage."
It pointed to "the need to follow up social protection network variables according to the variables of the poverty line and the relationship of this topic the economic aspect of the country and wage levels."
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27/5/2015
Brother - Baghdad
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, for an increase in the minimum wage for unskilled workers by 250 thousand dinars in the private, mixed and cooperative sector.
According to a statement of the Ministry, on Wednesday, it received for News Agency (et) a copy of the "Committee to determine the minimum wage for workers, headed by the ministry, recommended the adoption of the amount of 250 000 dinars a minimum wage for workers in the private sector instead of the previous amount of 120 000 dinars." .
"The Council of Ministers voted on the Commission's decision", adding that "the Committee was based on the provisions of Article 46 / item II, of the Labour Law No. 71 of 1987 to adopt a minimum wage worker is skilled in sectors [private, and mixed, and the cooperative] amount dinars of $ 250 per month instead of the previous amount of $ 120 dinars per month. "
The statement said "There is a draft law to work has been read a second reading which is in its final phase, as amended by the committee charged with reviewing the bill."
He said, "The law provides that a worker gets a wage sufficient to meet basic needs, and enable him to support his family and give him the opportunity to enjoy the fruits of what is achieved economic progress."
He stressed "the need to address to the international conventions, including the Convention No. 26 of the ILO, which included methods of determining the minimum wages," noting that he "will not be so far to determine the minimum wage for specialized professions."
He called for "use of the tours and field inspection teams and the Ministry of Industry and the Federation of Iraqi industries being a framework that must move through it, as well as the use of scientific theories and studies and research on the subject of the minimum wage."
It pointed to "the need to follow up social protection network variables according to the variables of the poverty line and the relationship of this topic the economic aspect of the country and wage levels."
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