The Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA), on Saturday, announced the signing with the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) of an agreement on increasing wages in the private sector for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024.
According to a statement from the employers’ organisation, the agreement includes an increase in the SMIG (Guaranteed Minimum Wage) and monthly general and constant premiums received by all employees of companies registered in the joint sectoral agreement.
This convention fits into the concretisation of the agreement signed, on September 19, 2018, between the two professional organisations, according to the agreement.
The two parties have agreed to grant to employees in sectors subject to joint sectoral conventions they have signed an increase in SMIG of about 6.5% under 2022, which will be applied on the SMIG under the year 2019 and will be implemented from December 1, 2021. They also agreed a 6.75% increase in wages under the year 2023, applied on the SMIG of the year 2022 and implemented on January 1, 2023.
Under this agreement, the SMIG will increase by 6.75% for the year 2024 (applied to the gross salary for the year 2023 and effective January 1, 2023).
In addition, the general monthly bonuses for all employees of companies included in the joint sectoral agreement will be increased by 6.75% in 2022 and by 6.75% in 2023 and 2024.
According to the agreement, negotiations will start to revise the joint sectoral agreements either procedurally or financially before the end of October 2024, with the commitment not to claim any wage increase or demand with financial repercussions during the period of application of this agreement.
