Peretz proposes minimum wage increase to NIS 4,600/mo

By JPOST.COM STAFF

MAY 24, 2010 11:28

A Knesset committee has agreed to hear a proposed bill by Labor Knesset member Amir Peretz to increase the monthly minimum wage from NIS 3,850 per month to NIS 4,600 per month.

"This is a great hope to the nearly one million workers that find themselves below the poverty line," Army Radio reported Peretz as saying.

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