Treasury officials: We will try to transfer the package deal in May

The Finance Minister is trying to broadcast only a technical delay, but the truth is that the package deal, which is intended to raise the minimum wage in the economy to NIS 6,000 in a gradual process starting next month (an increase of NIS 100), is also stuck for reasons of principle. soon

Between Ashkenazi

10/03/2022

Thursday, 10 March 2022, 12:29 Updated: 12:45

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The package deal in the economy is stuck, which means that the minimum wage will not increase on April 1, and the workers who earn a minimum wage of about 40% of the workers in Israel will not enjoy even the meager increase of NIS 100 per month.

Yesterday, the heads of the Knesset's economic committees, MK Efrat Reitan Marom, chairman of the Labor and Welfare Committee, MK Michael Bitton, chairman of the economics committee, and MK Alex Kushnir, chairman of the finance committee, met.

Following the conversation, the finance minister's men realized that they would not be able to transfer the package deal to the Knesset.

Despite this, officials around him sounded reconciled and told Walla !: "Because of the schedule and the Knesset recess, the package deal did not burn in time, the ambition is to move it in early May."

What blew up the chance to move the deal as early as yesterday?

The gaps between the parties include a number of points, such as raising the working hours limit from 12 hours to 13.5 hours, and the 'flexible working clock' that allows global employment for 17 monthly hours without overtime pay.

Another issue that is in dispute between the parties is the linkage regulations found in the law, according to which the minimum wage should be linked to 47.5% of the average wage in the economy.

And there is another reason, this time irrelevant: Sources involved in the details told Walla!

That the elections to the Histadrut, which is a party to the agreement, will take place this coming May and it may not be possible to transfer the deal earlier.

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The Finance Minister is trying to broadcast business as usual and promises that the deal will go through in May (Photo: TPS, Shalom)

"The advice will not leave the Knesset as it entered it"

MK Naama Lazimi:

"The Ministry of Finance tried to force a predatory deal on the workers in Israel that would erode their wages and harm their terms of employment.

Thanks to the determined struggle we led, we were able to postpone the discussions to the next session, this is a victory for the weakest workers.

As I promised, this package deal will not come out of the Knesset as it did.

I will continue to fight for a proper and genuine improvement in the minimum wage that will allow workers to live with dignity.

I would suggest to the Treasury that instead of avoiding raising the minimum

wage that would allow for a dignified existence here, that they deal with the investment of collection surpluses in the welfare of both workers and the self-employed, and economic growth that permeates the general

public

Shekel per hour, said in response to the delay in the package deal: "It is good that public pressure has stuck the package deal, which reduces the minimum wage under the guise of raising it,

The way is paved for the government to raise the minimum wage immediately: we call on the Knesset Finance Committee to convene as soon as possible and repeal the temporary order that froze the automatic wage updating mechanism.

This will increase the monthly minimum wage by NIS 467, even before Passover.

When the Knesset convenes after the recess, our bill will have to be enacted for a minimum wage of NIS 40 per hour.

1.2 million workers in Israel deserve a wage increase. "

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