Tunisian Textile and Clothing Sector Exempt from Recent Salary Hike
The Tunisian Federation of Textile and Clothing (FTTH) has clarified that companies in the sector that have already implemented the salary increases outlined in the sectoral agreements signed in January 2024 are not required to apply a new salary hike as per the recent government decree published in the Official Journal of the Tunisian Republic (JORT).
In a statement released following the publication of decree No. 68 on April 30, 2026, regarding salary increases in non-agricultural sectors governed by sectoral collective conventions, the FTTH specified that the textile and clothing sector is subject to the provisions of Article 4 of the decree. This article states that companies that have already granted general salary increases equal to or higher than those provided for in the government text are not required to apply a new increase.
The FTTH recalled that the sector had already implemented the salary measures outlined in the sectoral agreements signed between social partners in January 2024 and approved by the minister of social affairs' decree of April 8, 2024, approving the modifying annex No. 18 to the sectoral collective convention of the textile industry.
These agreements had provided for a general salary increase of 6.5% as of January 2024, another increase of 6.5% as of January 2025, and a 7% increase as of January 2026, applied cumulatively to the increase already in effect for the same year.
As a result, the federation emphasizes that companies in the sector that have applied these 7% increases as of January 2026, in accordance with the sectoral agreements signed, are considered to be in compliance with the provisions outlined in Article 4 of the government decree published in the JORT. According to the FTTH, these agreements reflect the sector's commitment to durable social dialogue, while preserving the competitiveness of companies and the purchasing power of workers.
