Labor Watch - The employees of the Shari'a courts who were on strike announced that the strike would continue until official letters arrived from the prime minister to the supreme judge to clarify what was agreed upon with the finance minister and the finance committee in the House of Representatives at the session held on Sunday evening at the Ministry of Finance.
During the meeting of the Finance Committee of the House of Representatives with the Minister of Finance and Supreme Judge agreed to respond to the demands of employees of Shari'a courts, where it was agreed to approve the increase of the salary "basic salary" 100% distributed over 3 years from the beginning of next year and 60% for the first year then increase of 80% in 2020 and 200% in 2022 and to include this increase in the budget to be submitted to the House of Representatives to be approved, in addition to the commitment of the government to increase the proportion of social solidarity contribution from 11% to 20% beside distribute the revenues to reflect positively on the benefits and incentives, once the new system is adopted, It was also agreed to submit a memorandum from the Supreme Judge to the Council of Ministers for the development of functional housing, similar to other government departments, in addition to follow up the issue of monitoring university seats for the children of the 1130 Shari'a courts employees and address the Minister of Higher Education In order to pursue the subject.