Abu Dhabi government employees will receive new salaries in March

The Human Resources Authority in Abu Dhabi has confirmed that all employees of government agencies in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi will be completed on the new salary scale, by next March at the latest, so that they can benefit from the multiple benefits it provides.

While the Abu Dhabi Retirement Fund confirmed that the salary scale did not aim to reform the retirement system, but it provided a solution to the problem of the value of pensions, which citizens in government agencies in Abu Dhabi have long complained about.

In detail, the Director of Corporate Communications at the Abu Dhabi Retirement Fund, Fatima Al Shariqi, confirmed that there are no new changes in the retirement law of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, explaining that the decision recently issued by the Executive Council of the Abu Dhabi Government did not aim to reform the retirement system, because this matter is regulated by the Pensions and Retirement Law. For the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Al-Shuraiqi told Emirates Today that the new salary schedule provided a solution to the problem of the value of pensions, which citizens working for government agencies in Abu Dhabi complained of being weak compared to what they were receiving before retirement, as a result of the decrease in salaries subject to deduction, which constituted 40% of the citizen’s salary. Pointing out that the new salary scale addressed the problem by including about 80% of the employee’s salary in the salary subject to deduction on the basis of which the pension is calculated.

She said that the bonuses were not included in the calculation of the salary subject to deduction, but the new salary schedule amended and raised the basic salaries of employees, and also distributed the supplementary allowance to the four elements subject to deduction (housing allowance, cost of living allowances, social and children), so that it is included in the salary subject to deduction, which means Increase the value of this salary.

She pointed out that the 80% included in the decision was not intended for the employee to receive 80% of his salary as the value of the pension after retirement, explaining that after the employee completes 25 years of service, he receives 80% of the salary subject to deduction and not from the total salary.

Al-Shuraiqi confirmed that all government employees will be able to know the value of their future pensions after completing the placement process on the new schedule, which will take place during the next three months, through the electronic calculator provided by the Fund on the website.

While the Human Resources Authority in Abu Dhabi stated that the placement of workers in government agencies in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi will be completed in the new salary schedule, by next March at the latest, explaining that the new schedule is an update to the comprehensive salary schedule that has not been reviewed since its issuance in 2007, to represent an opportunity It is good for rewarding distinguished employees by disbursing an “excellence allowance” that encourages them to continue their diligence.

She explained that the schedule provides the opportunity for employees to benefit from the benefits of career progression, such as promotions and salary increases according to job grades, especially after the creation of sub-grades that employees can move between in ascending order according to their diligence.

She added that the new schedule gives the heads of government agencies the authority to attract distinguished job cadres from citizens to fill government jobs under the “recruitment allowance” clause.

Preserving acquired rights

The Human Resources Authority in Abu Dhabi said that the new salary scale works to preserve the acquired rights of employees with regard to salary (basic and total), and also works to give the candidate for employment who is a new graduate an opportunity to prepare and develop him functionally to occupy a position in the government entity through the contract rewards system. With graduate trainees.

According to the decision, the Abu Dhabi government will bear the costs resulting from implementing the decision, which includes creating incentive allowances to support the attraction of talent, rewarding distinguished people in government agencies, to encourage excellence and creativity, and giving the candidate for appointment among new graduates an opportunity to prepare and develop him professionally.