MINIMUM WAGE ACT, 5747 – 1987
§ 1.
DEFINITIONS
In this Law –
“Representative Employee Organization”, “Collective Agreement,” “General
Collective Agreement” and “Extension Order” – as these terms are defined
in the Collective Agreements Act, 5717 – 1957;
“The Average Wage” – as defined in section 1 of the National Insurance Act
[Consolidated Version] 5728 – 1968;
“The Minister” – the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs;
“The Prescription Act” – the Prescription Act, 5718 – 1958;
“The Wage Protection Act” – the Wage Protection Act, 5718 – 1958;
“The Penal Law” – the Penal Law, 5737 – 1977;
“The Criminal Procedure Act” – the Criminal Procedure Act [Consolidated
Version], 5742 – 1982;
“Hours and Work and Rest Act” – the Hours of Work and Rest Act, 5711 – 1951;
“Actual Employer” and “Manpower Contractor” – as these terms are defined in
section 1 of the Employment of Employees by Manpower Contractors Act,
5756 – 1996;
“Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Arrest and Search)” – the Criminal Procedure
Ordinance (Arrest and Search) [New Version], 5729 – 1969;
“Minimum Wage,” per month – 47.5 percent of the average wage as on the 1st of
April of each year and as increased pursuant to this Law;
“Daily Minimum Wage” – the Minimum Wage divided by twenty-five in respect of
an employee employed for a six-day workweek, and the Minimum Wage
divided by 212/3 in respect of an employee employed for a five-day workweek;
“Hourly Minimum Wage” – the Minimum Wage divided by 186.
§ 2.
THE RIGHT TO A MINIMUM WAGE
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(a)
An employee who has reached the age of eighteen (hereinafter – “Employee”)
who is employed in a full-time position, as is customary at his place of employ, is
entitled to receive a wage from his employer of not less than the Minimum Wage
Per Month, the Daily Minimum Wage or the Hourly Minimum Wage, all as the
case may be.
(b)
An Employee employed in a part-time position is entitled to a partial
Minimum Wage to be calculated pro rata to the percentage of his position.
(c)
When an Employee is absent from work, the Minimum Wage to which he is
entitled pursuant to subsection (a) shall be reduced at a rate pro rata to the time of
his absence. However, if he is entitled to receive payment for the time of his
absence pursuant to any law, employment contract, Collective Agreement,
Extension Order or other collective arrangement or pursuant to the provisions
obligating a provident fund (in this section – “the Arrangement”), the payment
shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Arrangement.
§ 3.
CALCULATION OF WAGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE MINIMUM
WAGE
(a)
The wage to be taken into account for the purposes of section 2 shall be the
wage payable by an employer to its Employee for an ordinary workday as is
customary at his place of employ.
(b)
The following wage components shall be taken into account for the purposes
of subsection (a):
(1)
basic wage or combined wage;
(2)
cost-of-living allowance, if not included in the combined wage;
(3)
fixed increment payable to the Employee due to his work.
However, the following shall not be taken into account: a family allowance,
seniority increment, shift premium, a measured, agreed, fixed or group premium,
a thirteenth-month salary, grants on an annual basis and reimbursement of
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expenses, including subsistence, board and lodging and traveling expenses that the
employer pays.
(c)
Repealed.
(d)
If an Employee’s wage is not payable in accordance with the components
specified in subsection (b)(1) and (2), or in accordance with a portion thereof, the
wage shall, for the purposes of subsection (a), be calculated in accordance with the
ordinary wage without increments.
§ 4.
INCREASE OF THE MINIMUM WAGE
The minimum wage shall be increased in accordance with the rates of a cost-ofliving allowance, price-increase compensation, or other wage increment prescribed
in a General Collective Agreement and payable to the majority of the Employees
whose terms of employment are regulated by Collective Agreements. The increase
shall take effect on the date that the increments as stated take effect.
§ 5.
NO REDUCTION OF THE MINIMUM WAGE
In no case shall the amount of the Minimum Wage be reduced due to the updating
thereof pursuant to this Law.
§ 6.
PROMULGATION OF THE MINIMUM WAGE
The Minister shall promulgate a notice in Reshumot regarding –
(1)
the updated Minimum Wage on the 1st of April of each year;
(2)
repealed;
(3)
The Minimum Wage increased pursuant to the provisions of section 4
and the inception date thereof.
§ 6A.
THE RIGHT TO MINIMUM WAGE VIS-À-VIS AN ACTUAL
EMPLOYER
(a)
The right of an Employee of a Manpower Contractor to the payment of a
Minimum Wage as specified in section 2 shall also apply vis-à-vis the Actual
Employer if one of the following has transpired:
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(1)
the Employee demanded the payment of the Minimum Wage from the
Manpower Contractor in writing, delivered written notice to the Actual
Employer, and delivered the said demand pursuant thereto, and the
Minimum Wage was not paid by the Manpower Contractor by 21 days
after the delivery date of the notice; a demand and a notice as stated
can also be delivered by an Employees’ Organization as stated in
section 7 or, if the Employee has consented thereto, by an organization
engaging in the advancement of the rights of Employees;
(2)
a Labor Inspector delivered written notice to the Actual Employer that,
according to information in his possession, an Employee of a Manpower
Contractor, who is working for the Actual Employer, did not receive a
Minimum Wage, and the Minimum Wage was not paid by the
Manpower Contractor by 21 days after delivery of the notice;
(3)
the Employee instituted an action on the grounds of breach of this Law
against the Manpower Contractor and against the Actual Employer,
even if a notice or demand pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2), as the case
may be, had not been delivered prior thereto, and the Minimum Wage
was not paid by the Manpower Contractor by 21 days after the date
that the action was served to the Actual Employer.
(b)
Notwithstanding that stated in the definition of “the Determinant Date” in
the Wage Protection Act, for the purpose of payment of the wage pursuant to this
clause by the Actual Employer, the Determinant Date shall be the ninth day after
the end of the period stated in subsection (a)(1), (2) or (3), as the case may be.
§ 6B.
(a)
BULLETIN
An employer shall display a bulletin, as prescribed by the Minister pursuant
to subclause (b) hereunder, in a conspicuous location in the workplace, which
specifies the fundamentals of the Employees’ rights pursuant to this Law.
(b)
The Minister, after consulting with the Employees’ Organization whose
membership accounts for the majority of organized Employees in the State, and
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with employers’ organizations which, in the Minister’s opinion, are representative
and concerned parties, and with the approval of the Knesset Labor, Social Affairs
and Health Committee, shall prescribe the wording of the bulletin, which also
specifies the height of the Minimum Wage as shall be valid from time to time, and
the address and telephone number of the labor law enforcement department at the
Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.
(c)
In addition to the provisions of subsection (b), the Minister may prescribe, in
the manner specified in that subsection –
(1)
the languages in which the bulletin shall be displayed, with respect to all
employers or to categories of employers;
(2)
alternative or additional ways for displaying the bulletin with respect to
categories of employers;
(3)
categories of employers that shall be exempt from the obligation of
displaying the bulletin.
(d)
The penalty imposed on an employer that fails to fulfill its obligation
pursuant to subsections (a), (c)(1) or (2), and is not exempt pursuant to subsection
(c)(3) is – the fine specified in section 61(a)(1) of the Penal Law, and an additional
fine as specified in section 61(c) of the Penal Law, for every week that the offense
persists, as of the date on which the Labor Inspector notified the employer in
writing that it is failing to fulfill its obligation pursuant to this section; an offense
pursuant to this section is of the type of offenses bearing strict liability.
§ 7.
RIGHT OF CLAIM
A claim by an Employee for payment of a Minimum Wage can be lodged at the
labor court by the Employee or by the Representative Employees’ Organization at
that place of employ, or, if there is no such Employees’ Organization, by the
Employees’ Organization of which the Employee is a member.
§ 7A.
PROTECTION OF COMPLAINANT.
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An employer shall not take any action prejudicial to an Employee's wage, to his
promotion at work or to his terms of employment, and shall not dismiss him from
his job due to any complaint or claim that the Employee lodged on the grounds of
a breach of any of the provisions of this Law, or due to his having assisted another
Employee in relation to a complaint or claim as stated.
§ 7B.
PRESUMPTIONS
When deliberating an indictment or an action pursuant to this Law against an
employer, the presumption is that, in each of the following instances, the employer
failed to pay a Minimum Wage, unless proven otherwise:
(1)
The accused or the defendant did not present an attendance record in
relation to an Employee, if the employer is obligated to record the attendance
of that Employee pursuant to the Hours of Work and Rest Act, when
requested to do so by the Employee, Labor Inspector, or by a court;
(2)
The accused or the defendant did not give the Employee a detailed wage
statement as specified in section 24 of the Wage Protection Act, or did not
present a payroll register as specified in section 24 of that Law, if the
employer is obligated to furnish a detailed wage statement and to keep a
payroll register pursuant to that Law, when requested to do so by the
Employee, Labor Inspector or by a court;
(3)
The accused or the defendant did not specify the value of the wage payable to
the Employee for an hour of work in the detailed wage statement that it gave
to the Employee, or in the payroll register being kept pursuant to section 24
of the Wage Protection Act; the presumption pursuant to this paragraph
shall apply only if the following two apply:
(1)
the employer is obligated to furnish a detailed wage statement or to
keep a payroll register pursuant to the Wage Protection Act;
(2)
the Hours of Work and Rest Act applies to the Employee, except when
the Employee is receiving an inclusive wage pursuant to a Collective
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Agreement that has been approved in accordance with section 5 of the
Wage Protection Act.
§ 8.
INCREASED COMPENSATION.
The labor court may require an employer that delayed the payment of a Minimum
Wage to pay increased compensation for the delay in wage, as the court shall deem
just under the circumstances of the case.
§ 8A.
RESTRAINING ORDER AND MANDATORY INJUNCTION
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 (2) of the Contracts (Remedies for
Breach of Contract) Law, 5731 – 1970, in an action in respect of a breach of the
provisions of section 7A, the labor court may issue a restraining order or a
mandatory injunction, if it concludes that an award of damages alone would not be
just; when considering whether to issue an order or injunction as stated, the court
shall take into account, inter alia, the effect that such an order may have on labor
relations at the workplace concerned.
§ 9.
RESTRICTION TO CLAIM
Notwithstanding that stated in any agreement, the determination or updating of
the Minimum Wage pursuant to this Law shall not, per se, serve as a cause for a
claim for an increase of the wage of an Employee beyond the Minimum Wage, or
for any differential by reason of the determination or updating of the Minimum
Wage.
§ 10.
(a)
AVERAGE WAGE
For the purpose of calculating or increasing a wage that is linked, by law or
agreement, to the Average Wage, the following shall not be taken into account:
changes in the Average Wage that derived from a difference between the
Minimum Wage as on the 2 Nissan 5747 (1 April 1987) and the Minimum Wage
paid to the majority of Employees immediately prior to the inception of this Law,
or which arose from a change effected in the Minimum Wage due to the updating
thereof.
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(b)
The Minister and the Minister of Finance shall promulgate a notice in
Reshumot regarding changes in the Average Wage that are not to be taken into
account for the purposes of subsection (a).
§ 11.
SAVING OF RIGHTS
With the exception of sections 9 and 10, this Law shall add to, and not derogate
from, the right of an Employee by virtue of law, Collective Agreement, collective
arrangement or employment contract.
§ 12.
PROHIBITION OF STIPULATION
A right of an Employee pursuant to this Law cannot be made conditional or
waived.
§ 13.
THE STATE AS AN EMPLOYER
For the purposes of this Law, the State is tantamount to any other employer.
§ 14.
PUNISHMENT - EMPLOYER
The punishment imposed on an employer who fails to pay a Minimum Wage to its
Employee is – one year of incarceration or a fine as specified in section 61(a)(4) of
the Penal Law; an offense pursuant to this section is of the type of offenses bearing
strict liability.
§ 14A.
(a)
PUNISHMENT – ACTUAL EMPLOYER
If an Employee was employed by a Manpower Contractor, and a Minimum
Wage was not paid to the Employee, the punishment imposed on the Actual
Employer is – incarceration for six months or half of the fine specified in section
14, provided that one of the circumstances specified in paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) of
section 6A(a) has transpired.(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not
derogate from the liability of a Manpower Contractor pursuant to section 14.
§ 15.
RESPONSIBILITY OF MANAGERS
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If an offence pursuant to this Law has been committed by a corporation, every
person who, at the time the offense was committed, was an active director, a
partner - other than a limited partner - or a clerk in that corporation and
responsible for the matter in question, shall also be accused of the offence, unless
he has proven that the offense was committed without his knowledge and that he
had taken all reasonable measures to ensure compliance with this Law.
CIVIL AND PENAL PRESCRIPTION – ACTUAL EMPLOYER
§ 15A.
(a)
For the purpose of the Prescription Act, the day on which a Manpower
Contractor breached its obligation to pay the Minimum Wage shall be deemed the
day that the cause of the action arose against the Actual Employer, pursuant to
section 6A.
(b)
For the purpose of section 9 of the Criminal Procedure Act, the day on which
a Manpower Contractor committed an offense pursuant to section 14 shall be
deemed the day on which the offense was committed by the Actual Employer,
pursuant to section 14A.
§ 15B.
(a)
LABOR INSPECTORS
The Minister shall appoint inspectors from among the employees of his
ministry for the purpose of supervising the implementation of provisions pursuant
to this Law (in this Law – Labor Inspectors).
(b)
For the purpose of fulfilling his functions pursuant to this Law, a Labor
Inspector may –
(1) demand to be furnished with information and documents, or copies
thereof, concerning the implementation of the provisions of this Law,
from an employer, from an Actual Employer, or from another person
who is involved in the matter;
(2)
demand from any person as stated in paragraph (1) to give him his
name and address, and to present an identity card or other official
certificate that he is obligated to possess by any law that attests to his
identity;
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(3)
enter any place where the Labor Inspector has reasonable grounds to
assume that people are being employed therein, or that the business of
an employer is being conducted therein, including the business of a
Manpower Contractor, and may conduct an inspection therein.
(c)
If a suspicion has arisen of the commission of an offense pursuant to the
provisions of this Law, a Labor Inspector may –
(1)
investigate any person who, in his opinion, has information pertaining
to the commission of the offense;
(2)
seize any object, including a document, pertaining to the commission of
the offense.
(d)
The provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance
(Evidence) shall apply to an investigation pursuant to subsection (c)(1), and the
provisions of Chapter Four of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Arrest and
Search) shall apply to any object seized pursuant to subsection (c)(2).
§ 15C.
(a)
OBSTRUCTION OF A LABOR INSPECTOR
The penalty imposed on any party obstructing a Labor Inspector in the
fulfillment of his duties pursuant to this law is – incarceration for six months.
(b)
The penalty imposed on any party who fails to comply with a demand by a
Labor Inspector pursuant to section 15B. is – incarceration for six months and, in
addition thereto, a fine as specified in section 61(c) of the Penal Law, for every day
during which the offense persists beyond the deadline affixed by the Inspector for
the fulfillment of the demand.
§ 15D.
(a)
OBLIGATION OF A PUBLIC AUTHORITY
In this section, “Public Authority” – as this term is defined in section 38A.(a)
of the Youth Employment Act, 5713 – 1953.
(b)
A Public Authority shall include a clause in a contract to be signed between it
and a contractor that is performing work in a project or that is providing services
at the authority’s request (in this section – “Performance Contractor”), which
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prescribes that a breach of provisions of this Law by the Performance Contractor
vis-à-vis an Employee being employed by the Performance Contractor for the
purpose of performance of a contract as stated, also constitutes a breach of the
contract.
§ 16.
(a)
WORKING YOUTH
The Minister, with the approval of the Knesset Labor and Social Affairs
Committee, may prescribe provisions in regulations regarding the application of
this Law to an employee who is under the age of eighteen; regulations as stated
may be general, according to categories of Employees or according to categories of
employers.
(b)
Regulations as stated in subsection (a) may prescribe a Minimum Wage at
rates lower than those specified in this Law and may prescribe different rules than
those prescribed in this Law for the calculation of the Minimum Wage, including
rules regarding the wage components to be taken into account.
§ 17.
(a)
PROTECTED ENTERPRISES
The provisions of this Law shall apply with respect to Employees with
physical, mental or intellectual handicaps, who are being employed by protected
enterprises, in whose budgets the State Treasury is participating, whether or not
such employees have reached the age of 18, if the Minister of Labor and Social
Affairs, with the approval of the Knesset Labor and Social Affairs Committee, has
so prescribed in regulations, either generally or for particular categories of cases;
regulations as stated can prescribe a Minimum Wage that is lower than that
prescribed in this Law.
(b)
The Minister, with the approval of the Knesset Labor and Social Affairs
Committee, may prescribe provisions in regulations regarding the application of
this Law to Employees with physical, mental or intellectual handicaps, who are
also not employed by protected enterprises as stated in subsection (a), and can
prescribe a Minimum Wage to Employees as stated or to categories thereof at rates
lower than that specified in this Law.
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§ 18.
(a)
IMPLEMENTATION AND REGULATIONS
The Minister is charged with the implementation of this Law and may
institute regulations in relation to any matter pertaining to the implementation
thereof.
(b)
The Minister, with the approval of the Knesset Labor and Social Affairs
Committee, shall institute regulations regarding the matters specified hereunder,
in general terms or for categories of cases –
(1)
the payment and modes of calculation of a Minimum Wage to an
Employee whose wage is not payable on a monthly, daily or hourly
basis;
(2)
the payment of a Minimum Wage to an Employee whose wage is
payable partially on a monthly, daily or hourly basis and partially on
another basis;
(3)
additional or supplementary provisions regarding the payment and
calculation of the Minimum Wage.
(c)
The Minister, after consulting with the Employees’ Organization whose
membership accounts for the majority of organized Employees in the State, and
with employers’ organizations which, in the Minister’s opinion, are representative
and concerned parties, and with the approval of the Knesset Labor and Social
Affairs Committee, may prescribe supplementary provisions concerning the
calculation of a Daily Minimum Wage and an Hourly Minimum Wage, and he may
prescribe provisions for this purpose that differ from those prescribed in this Law.
§ 18A.
JURISDICTION
The labor court shall have sole jurisdiction to deliberate a civil proceeding, due to
a breach of provisions of this Law.
§ 19.
AMENDMENT OF THE LABOR COURT LAW
In the Labor Court Act, 5729 – 1969, the words "Minimum Wage Act, 5747 –
1987" shall be added at the end of the Second Addendum.
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§ 20.
INCEPTION
This Law shall come into force on 2 Nissan 5747 (1 April 1987).
§ 21.
(a)
TEMPORARY PROVISION
Notwithstanding that stated in the definition of "Minimum Wage" in section
1, the Minimum Wage shall be –
(1)
on the inception date of this Law – the sum of 525 new shekels;
(2)
on 8 Tishri 5748 (1 October 1987) – the sum of 551 new shekels;
This provision shall not derogate from the provisions of section 4.
(b)
The provisions of section 10 shall also apply to the change in the Minimum
Wage that shall occur pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
TEMPORARY PROVISION
(AMENDMENT OF THE YEAR 5757)
Notwithstanding that stated in the definition of "Hourly Minimum Wage" in
Section 1, the Hourly Minimum Wage during the period from the inception date of
this Law and until 25 Nissan 5757 (30 June 1997) – shall be the Minimum Wage
divided by 191.
INTERIM PROVISIONS
(a)
(AMENDMENT OF THE YEAR 5762)
In this section –
“The Agreement” – agreement for the provision of manpower services, which was
contracted between a Manpower Contractor and an Actual Employer, prior
to the promulgation of this Law;
“Employee” – employee of a Manpower Contractor;
“The Transitional Period” – the period of validity of the Agreement or a period of
one year as of the inception thereof, whichever is earlier;
(b)
A right of an Employee to whom the Agreement applies, to the payment of a
Minimum Wage pursuant to the provisions of section 6A. of the Main Law, as
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worded in section 2 of this Law, shall not apply vis-à-vis the Actual Employer
during the Transitional Period.
(c)
During the Transitional Period, the provisions of section 14A. of the Main
Law, as worded on the eve of the inception date, shall apply to whomever actually
employs an Employee to whom the Agreement applies, in lieu of the provisions of
section 14A. of the Main Law as worded in this Law.
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MINIMUM WAGE ACT, 5747 – 1987
(CHAPTER 16A)
SECTION 6 OF THE LAW: MINIMUM WAGE RATES
Date
Sum
Promulgation in Yalkut Pirsumim (Y.P.)
[official government gazette]
1.10.87
581.31
Y.P. 3497, 5748, 250
1.3.88
609.79
Y.P. 3553, 5748, 1485
1.4.88
706.95
Y.P. 3555, 5748, 2034
1.10.88
738.76
Y.P. 3587, 5749, 130
1.4.89
855.07
Y.P. 3654, 5749, 3044
1.8.89
863.62
Y.P. 3694, 5749, 4037
1.9.89
893.85
Y.P. 3708, 5750, 212
1.3.90
928.71
Y.P. 3757, 5750, 2416
1.4.90
985.95
Y.P. 3762, 5750, 2547
1.9.90
1,042.15
Y.P. 3827, 5751, 846
1.3.91
1,082.79
Y.P. 3882, 5751, 2613
1.4.91
1,163.33
Y.P. 3882, 5751, 2613
1.8.91
1,221.50
Y.P. 3928, 5752, 139
1.2.92
1,238.60
Y.P. 3983, 5752, 2414
1.3.92
1,241.10
Y.P. 3983, 5752, 2414
1.8.92
1,259.72
Y.P. 4048, 5753, 77
1.2.93
1,288.96
Y.P. 4093, 5753, 1986
1.4.93
1,377.49
Y.P. 4105, 5753, 2416
1.8.93
1,396.77
Y.P. 4147, 5754, 54
1.2.94
1,428.90
Y.P. 4205, 5754, 2833
1.4.94
1,566.45
Y.P. 4208, 5754, 2960
1.8.94
1,624.41
Y.P. 4245, 5755, 2
1.2.95
1,666.68
Y.P. 4293, 5755, 2638
1.4.95
1,776.49
Y.P. 4302, 5755, 3071
1.8.95
1,785.35
Y.P. 4334, 5755, 4818
1.2.96
1,828.20
Y.P. 4391, 5756, 2306
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1.4.96
2,020.50
Y.P. 4410, 5756, 2306
1.8.96
2,085.16
Y.P. 4442, 5756, 4826
1.2.97
2,097.17
Y.P. 4502, 5757, 2530
1.4.97
2,348.88
Y.P. 4516, 5757, 3212
1.8.97
2,405.25
Y.P. 4575, 5758, 35
1.4.98
2,609.18
Y.P. 4638, 5758, 3348
1.8.98
2,622.23
Y.P. 4680, 5758, 5279
1.1.99
2,628.78
Y.P. 4734, 5759, 1984
1.4.99
2,797.80
Y.P. 4745, 5759, 2939
1.1.2000
2,798.75
According to General Collective
Agreement of 20.1.00
1.4.2000
2,964.95
Y.P. 4868, 5760, 3096
1.4.2001
3,266.58
Y.P. 4961, 5761, 1633
1.1.2003
3,350.18
Y.P. 5141, 5763, 867
1.4.2006
3,456.58
Y.P. 5501, 5766, 2089
1.6.2006
3,585.18
Y.P. 2058, 5766, 362
1.4.2007
3,710.18
Y.P. 5651, 5767, 2323
CHANGES IN THE AVERAGE WAGE NOT TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
WHEN CALCULATING MINIMUM WAGE
SECTION 10(B) OF THE LAW
Date
Sum
Promulgation in Yalkut Pirsumim (Y.P.)
[official government gazette]
1.10.87
4.5%
Y.P. 3587, 5749, 130
1.8.97
0.42%
Y.P. 4554, 5957, 4928
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MINIMUM WAGE ACT (INCREASE OF MINIMUM WAGE SUMS –
TEMPORARY PROVISION), 5766 – 2006
§ 1.
INCREASE OF MINIMUM WAGE SUMS
During the period of validity of this Law, the Minimum Wage Act, 5747 – 1987
(hereinafter – “the Main Law”), shall be read as follows:
(1)
In section 1, the definition of “Minimum Wage,” Per Month" is hereby
replaced and shall be read as follows:
“Minimum Wage,” Per Month – a sum as specified hereunder, as the
case may be:
(1)
During the period commencing 5 Sivan 5766 (1 June 2006) and
ending on 12 Nissan 5767 (31 March 2007) – the sum equivalent to
3,585.18 new shekels, as increased during the said period pursuant
to section 4;
(2)
During the period commencing 13 Nissan 5767 (1 April 2007) and
ending on 20 Kislev 5768 (30 November 2007) – the sum
equivalent to 3,710.18 new shekels, or the sum equivalent to 47.5
percent of the Average Wage as it is on 13 Nissan 5767 (1 April
2007), as increased during the said period pursuant to section 4,
whichever is higher;
(3)
During the period commencing 21 Kislev 5768 (1 December 2007)
and ending with the expiration of the Minimum Wage Act
(Increase in the Minimum Wage Sums – Temporary Provision),
5766 – 2006 – the sum equivalent to 3,850.18 new shekels, as
increased during the said period pursuant to clause 4;
(2)
Section 6, paragraph (1) is hereby replaced and shall be read as follows:
(1)
the updated Minimum Wage on the commencement date of each
of the periods specified in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of the
definition “Minimum Wage,” Per Month.
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§ 2.
INCEPTION AND VALIDITY
This Law shall come into force on 5 Sivan 5767 (1 June 2006), and shall remain in
effect until one day before the Determinant Date; for this purpose, “the
Determinant Date” is – the day on which the Minimum Wage Per Month, which
was payable pursuant to the Main Law, were it not for the provisions of section 1,
exceeds the Minimum Wage Per Month as specified in paragraph (3) of the
definition of “Minimum Wage” specified in section 1.(1).
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