The Ministerial Committee for Legislation this evening (Sunday) approved in a telephone poll the amendments to the legislation agreed as part of the “package deal” in the economy, the highlight of which was raising the stuck minimum wage, as part of Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Economy Minister Orna Barbibai, Histadrut Chairman Arnon Bar-David, The president of the business sector, Dovi Amitai, and the president of the Manufacturers’ Association, Dr. Ron Tomer, who were received four months ago.
In the sections of the plan, you can find the increase in the minimum wage in a particularly slow way, to a particularly low amount: from NIS 5,400 today – to NIS 6,000 in almost four years, in December 2025, and all in four beats. In addition, the Annual Leave Law will be amended, and a day off will be added for each employee employed for up to five years in the workplace. Another step is to amend the Working Hours and Rest Act, which aims at flexible employment of workers for the employer and better work-life balance for the worker, a particularly significant step for ultra-Orthodox families.
The proposal, according to the Labor and Meretz parties that make up the coalition and according to many opposition parties, including Shas and Torah Judaism, does not meet current needs, probably in light of the rise in prices. Shekels in the aggregate.
This was also reflected in the vote itself, when the Labor representative in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, Minister Nachman SJ, objected, and the Meretz representative, Minister Tamar Zandberg, abstained – and everyone else agreed. Minister Nachman SY also hinted: Which is headed by MK Efrat Reiten-Marom from Labor – even without the consent of Finance Minister Lieberman. “A bill that weakens the weak. No hand is given to moves that hurt employees,” he said after the vote.