Law & Regulation
Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs Decision No. 25 of 2020 Determining the Minimum Wage for Workers and Domestic Workers
The implementing Decision operationalises Law No. 17 of 2020 by setting the operative minimum-wage floor and, where the employer does not provide qualifying food or accommodation, the relevant minimum allowance treatment. Its operative monetary content is subject to current-value verification before numerical reliance.
Legal Significance
What This Instrument Does
The Decision operationalises the Law’s statutory authority by setting the wage floor and, where the employer does not provide qualifying food or accommodation, the relevant minimum allowance treatment. It supplies the operative monetary content within the minimum-wage family — the parent Law supplies legal authority and coverage.
Why It Matters
The actual wage figure and allowance treatment employers must apply come from this Decision, not the parent Law. Tender pricing, payroll compliance and subcontractor audits depend on the Decision’s current operative value and conditions, which are change-sensitive and require date-aware source control before any numeric public statement.
Key Provisions
- Base wage floor
The mandatory minimum cash wage set by the implementing Decision. The public record should use a figure only after current official verification.
- Food and accommodation treatment
Minimum allowance treatment where qualifying provision is not made by the employer, subject to the precise official conditions.
- Employer compliance
The need for employment terms, payroll and actual payment to meet the operative floor; contract wording alone is insufficient.
- Review and change sensitivity
Operative monetary values may be changed through the authorised legal mechanism; implementation and public content require date-aware source control.
When You Would Use This
Auditing subcontractors
Compare worker-level payroll and benefit arrangements with the operative framework and evidence of payment.
Reviewing accommodation or food provision
Determine whether actual provision satisfies the legal conditions before relying on allowance treatment.
Change-in-law analysis
Identify whether a legally effective wage or allowance revision changes project operating costs under the relevant contract.
InfraLex Relevance
This Decision is the operative companion to Law No. 17 of 2020 — it supplies the actual figure a compliance check or tender price must apply. InfraLex should date-stamp any numeric presentation drawn from it and should not present the parent Law’s authority as a substitute for verifying this Decision’s current value.
Legal Framework Position
- Labour / ImmigrationImplementing Instrument
Primary / Parent Instrument
Instrument Overview
- Official Citation
- Ministerial Decision No. 25 of 2020
- Instrument Type
- Ministerial Decision / Order
- Source Language
- Arabic
- Last Verified
- 4 September 2026