The Minister of Social Affairs, Issam Lahmar, affirmed this Tuesday that the increase in salaries provided for in the 2026 finance bill was carried out in compliance with legal procedures. He was speaking during a joint session between parliamentary committees and the National Council of Regions and Districts, devoted to examining the budget of his ministry.
The minister explained that the finance bill addresses salary and pension increases for the years 2026, 2027 and 2028, without going through new social negotiations with union partners.
He recalled that the Labor Code regulates salary increases according to three mechanisms: an individual agreement, a legal or regulatory decision, or a collective agreement as part of social negotiations.
Article 15 of the 2026 finance bill stipulates that salaries in the public and private sector will be increased over three years – 2026, 2027 and 2028 – and that this increase will extend to retirement pensions. The precise terms of this increase will be set by decree.
Concerning the implementation of the law on the regulation of employment contracts and the prohibition of the use of subcontracting, Issam Lahmar indicated that 92,000 workers have been established since the entry into force of the text until Tuesday, November 11, 2025. The majority of these regularizations concern the private sector, thanks to the action of labor inspectors, without counting the tenures carried out directly by the companies themselves.
