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Prime Minister Najib Mikati annouces bonuses and an increase in transportation allowance for public sector employees
Public sector employees will receive an increase in the daily transportation allowance from LL 24,000 to LL 64,000 as well as two bonuses equivalent to half a month’s wages in November and December. The boost to public sector salaries, which have been decimated by the collapse in value of the Lebanese lira, was announced by Prime Minister Najib Mikati yesterday. It follows by mere hours a call by Labor Minister Mustafa Bayram to increase public sector transportation allowances to LL 65,000. The allowance was most recently raised from LL 8,000 to LL 24,000 on Sept. 1, but it did not apply to all public sector workers. The head of the General Confederation of Lebanese Workers issued a call for a LL 100,000 allowance late last month.
The decree has not been enforced yet.