public sector

Without a Salary Adjustment, Civil Servants Face an Uncertain Future

The issue of raising the minimum wage is back on the table, highlighting a stark wage gap between the private and public sectors. Despite a 95% devaluation of the Lebanese pound since October 2019, the minimum wage in the public sector remains set at 6,750,000 pounds, while it has reached 18,000,000 pounds in the private sector. This disparity ...

The Necessity of Restructuring the Public Sector: A 'Political' Solution

Salaries and wages of public sector employees and workers: a pending issue whose resolution is tied to the beginning of the new mandate… These employees have already received promises that have not materialized, the latest being from the previous government led by Najib Mikati, which promised a new salary scale—never adopted—last June. Many ...

Public Sector: Vacancies and Shortcomings

The scandal of “electoral hiring” in the public sector is not a new phenomenon. What drives these “hunters of ghost jobs” is less the salary than the associated perks: generous bonuses, discretionary spending, allowances for occasional assignments, representation expenses, and even travel indemnities for overseas trips, often handed out ...