Parliament’s Manpower Committee approves bill mandating 10% annual raise

Parliament’s Manpower Committee approves bill mandating a 10% annual raise for civil servants across the board: The House of Representative’s Manpower Committee has reportedly made good on its threat on Monday to unilaterally approve a bill that would grant all bureaucrats a 10% annual raise regardless of whether the law applies to them, Al Masry Al Youm reports. While the committee appeared to acquiesce to the Ismail cabinet’s counter offer of a 10% total annual raise, it has been pushing for this to be applied only to bureaucrats falling under the jurisdiction of the law. The committee also set a deadline of 27 March for government to respond to the move.