Joint committee to finalise salary proposals
LIBYA – Participants in a consultative meeting at the headquarters of the High Council of State in Tripoli have agreed to form a joint committee of the House of Representatives and the High Council of State to develop and finalise proposals for the unified salary scale, ahead of submitting them to the House of Representatives for the necessary approval.
High Council of State leadership in attendance
The meeting brought together the High Council of State’s Finance Committee and Economic Committee and the House of Representatives’ Finance Committee, and was attended by the President of the High Council of State, Mohamed Tekala, and his deputies Naji Mukhtar and Omar Bushah.
Qualifications and experience as criteria
Tekala stressed the importance of adopting fair and objective criteria that take account of academic qualifications, experience and job responsibilities and improve employees’ conditions, in line with available financial resources and economic stability.
Oversight bodies and the Finance Ministry take part
Representatives of the Administrative Control Authority, the Ministry of Finance and other official bodies, along with advisers, academics and economic experts, took part in discussions on addressing salary disparities between public sectors, protecting acquired rights and ensuring equal opportunities.
Fairness and fiscal sustainability
Participants stressed the need to balance improved purchasing power, social justice and job burdens on the one hand with fiscal sustainability, spending efficiency and institutional stability on the other.
