REPORT: Finance Minister Khalil says discrepancies hindering pay scale dossier

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01-08-2014 | 08:40
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REPORT: Finance Minister Khalil says discrepancies hindering pay scale dossier
Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil said discrepancies remain over the funding of the pay scale, noting that Speaker Nabih Berri will call for a parliamentary session within hours if an agreement were reached over the wage scale.

The minister's statements were made following talks with a delegation representing the Union Coordination Committee.

Khalil stressed the need to hold further consultations over the wage scale, calling for a settlement in this regard.

In turn, Hanna Gharib, a member of the UCC, said discussions over the series of ranks and salaries returned to square one.

"We will continue to boycott the correction of official exams in response to the procrastination in approving the wage scale," Gharib said.

He reiterated his call for a general strike on Wednesday and a sit-in in Beirut's Riad al-Solh square.

The Union Coordinating Committee has been on a continuous sit-in calling on the authorities to pass the pay scale, which stipulates a wage hike.

The decision to revive movements came as a result of the failure of the Joint Parliamentary Committees to resolve the dispute on the Value Added Tax in a proposal aimed at securing the funds for the salary scale that was approved by former Prime Minister Najib Mikati's cabinet.

Former PM Mikati's cabinet endorsed the new salary scale for public employees in 2012, ending a long dispute that had triggered several sit-ins and strikes held by the UCC.

Former President Michel Sleiman signed the decree mid-June 2013 and it was referred to the Joint Parliamentary Committees for further examination, however the law was never passed to parliament.


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