Law Setting the Minimum Wages of Employees and Workers and the Rate of Cost-of-Living Allowance

Type

Law

Number

12

Date of the text

17/02/1965

Official Gazette

published in 1965

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

12

What it provides

This law raises the statutory minimum monthly wage for employees and workers to a set amount, applying it equally to men and women performing similar work. It also grants a percentage increase on existing wages that varies with the wage level, and sets how cost-of-living increases already paid are offset against the st

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1965. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.