Lawmakers to study how Egypt's civil servants are paid
The majority coalition in Egypt’s parliament wants to amend the civil service law to increase what government employees are paid, while some experts and economic observers believe the state ought to instead create a work environment that discourages incompetent civil servants.
CAIRO — When Egypt's parliament returns in October, it's expected to consider legislation that could mean more money for government employees.
Hamam al-Adli, head of parliament's Complaints and Proposals Committee and a member of the pro-government majority party Support Egypt coalition, noted in a Sept. 7 press statement that some proposals will aim to amend Civil Service Law No. 81 of 2016.
Egyptian Finance Minister Mohamed Maait had said Aug. 27 that the government and the ministry have set up a committee to reform the wages of civil servants. The committee has already started collecting data on the wages of employees of Egyptian ministries and government agencies.
Maait explained the committee will address problems that arose from Law No. 81 of 2016. Incentives, allowances, bonuses and other non-fixed remuneration items that had been calculated as percentages of the basic wage were turned by this law into fixed sums. The change yielded less income for employees, a Ministry of Finance source explained to Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity.
