Tunisia has raised monthly minimum wage by 6.5 per cent to help workers weather economic stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the powerful workers’ union, UGTT, has announced. The decision according to the union will soon be made public by the Tunisian government which agreed to implement the hike. With the new increase of 6.5 per cent, the minimum wage in the North African country for industrial and agricultural workers will amount to 403 dinars ($121). The government also increased last year by 6.5 per cent the pension of 700,000 retirees in the private sector. The tourism sector, the second biggest GDP contributor and second largest jobs creator, has been battered with losses estimated at billions of dollars.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 31, 2020 11:48 UTC