The “LBCI” channel aired a report under the title: “How much will the salaries of workers in the public sector be following the implementation of the budget law?”, in which it stated:
In the budget for the year 2022, Article 111 provided for giving an increase to workers and retirees in public administrations and institutions, including independent interests, such as employees of the Electricité du Liban, water authorities, railways, and others, as of the first of October 2022, amounting to two times the basis of the monthly salary, in addition to that each Public administration employees will receive the cost of living of 1,925,000.
According to this article, the total social assistance must not be less than 5 million Lebanese pounds, and not more than 12 million pounds.
According to a study conducted by the “Information International” company, if the basis of the employee’s salary is 2.5 million Lebanese pounds, and following adding the value of the cost of living (one million and 925 thousand Lebanese pounds) + social assistance with a value of twice the salary, i.e. 5 million Lebanese pounds, then the total salary will become 9 million And 425 thousand Lebanese pounds.
But if the basis of the employee’s salary is 7 million Lebanese pounds, and following adding the value of the cost of living (one million and 925 thousand Lebanese pounds) + social assistance with a value of twice the salary, i.e. 12 million Lebanese pounds, then the salary becomes 20 million and 925 thousand Lebanese pounds.
In fact, the cost of the public sector before these increases was 12 thousand billion Lebanese pounds, but today it has reached 30 thousand billion Lebanese pounds, an increase of 60%, noting that public sector employees decreased from 320 thousand employees to 280 thousand employees, either due to retirement or As a result of resignation due to low salary value.
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