Employees complain about their low salaries: The government does not appreciate our efforts

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[size=52]Employees complain about their low salaries: The government does not appreciate our efforts[/size]

[size=45]Despite repeated requests from employees, Iraqi governments did not attach any importance to amending the employee salary scale law.[/size]
[size=45]An employee at the Ministry of Industry, Fawzi Hassoun, said in his interview with (Al Mada), that “the government does not appreciate the efforts made by the employee,” noting that “the demand to adjust the low salaries compared to the rise in market prices is something that will continue until it is achieved.” Hassoun adds. “Adjusting the salary scale is a legal entitlement for all employees in the country,” adding that “most employees’ salaries are not commensurate with the high cost of living in the country.”[/size]
[size=45]Government amendments[/size]
[size=45]Political analyst, Alaa Mustafa, said in an interview with (Al-Mada), “The amendment to the salary scale is not the product of the Sudanese government. The issue has been on the table for a long time and witnessed amendments in a previous government that included increases only, and at some point the disparities were reduced and the issue of retirees’ salaries was addressed.”[/size]
[size=45]He added, “The salary scale law is an urgent need and it is necessary to decide on it,” noting that “the government enjoys political calm and there is no opposition obstructing its decisions, so it is supposed to resolve all the postponed files.”[/size]
[size=45]He explains, “There is a (bahbouha) in the Iraqi treasury thanks to the rise in oil prices, so adjusting the salary scale has a humanitarian and social aspect, as it addresses low salaries and tries to raise the standard of living of the poor classes.”[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the burdens resulting from amending the salary scale, Alaa Mustafa says, “Amending the scale is an entitlement, and if it is studied in a correct way that balances salaries, it will not constitute a burden,” pointing out that “the burden is not in the scale, but in increasing job grades, as happened in recent appointments.” .[/size]
[size=45]“Harmful” decisions[/size]
[size=45]For his part, the academic specializing in economics, Abdullah Al-Janabi, said in his interview with (Al-Mada), that “the government did not guarantee an amendment to the salary scale in the 2023 budget, for fear of the consequences of the burdens that would result as a result,” pointing to “the necessity of eliminating multiple financial entitlements.” There are 250,000 Iraqis receiving more than one salary thanks to the additional allocations.”[/size]
[size=45]He added, “The salary scale proposal was transferred to the Finance Committee, but the government withdrew it due to the difficulty of including it in the 2023 budget due to a group of decisions that harmed the Iraqi decision, including reducing the dinar against the dollar.”[/size]
[size=45]Political differences[/size]
[size=45]During the past months, hundreds of state employees demonstrated in the capital, Baghdad, and a number of the country’s governorates, demanding that the salary scale be adjusted due to the rise in the prices of goods and foodstuffs in the markets due to the rise in the exchange rate of the dollar against the dinar.[/size]
[size=45]It is noteworthy that the law amending the salary scale was delayed due to political disagreements and ministerial objections, and according to members of the House of Representatives, the new salary scale may be approved at the beginning of next year.[/size]
[size=45]The Finance Committee in the Iraqi Parliament also clarified that the salary scale for state employees is still in the audit stage by the Council of Ministers, and has nothing to do with the budget law.[/size]
[size=45]It is noteworthy that the Parliamentary Legal Committee considered the implementation of the salary scale project to be a financial burden, as there will be recycling and transfer of funds, according to what she said.[/size]
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