(TAP)- Prime Minister Youssef Chahed Wednesday announced a set of decisions at a small cabinet meeting dedicated to a host of social issues.

An agreement will be signed under which roughly 500,000 rural female workers will have access to social security and health coverage.

The Premier also said retirees will have their old and new pensions disbursed in four instalments, starting from Eid El Idha feast.

Additionally, Chahed instructed to publish on Friday the decree on the rise in the interprofessional guaranteed minimum wage in the Official Gazette. This increase will have a positive impact on pensions, the Prime Ministry said in a press release.

The decree on the Council of Social Dialogue will also be published in a bid to provide for better regulation of relationships between social partners. This council will also be a key institution that helps organise dialogue between all actors and establish a real social partnership