Decree-Law on Setting the Minimum Wage in Industrial and Commercial Enterprises

Type

Decree-Law

Number

204

Date of the text

27/08/1942

Official Gazette

published in 1942

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

9

What it provides

This decree-law sets minimum wages for workers and employees in industrial and commercial enterprises, raising them by graduated percentages according to the wage level. It exempts certain enterprises such as family workshops, voids any contract clause contrary to it, and penalizes employers who pay less than the requi

What has changed this text

• Amended by Decree-Law No. 29/1943 of 12/05/1943

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1942. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.