Law No. 15 of 1981 regarding the salary system for national workers in the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya)

General People’s Congress

In the implementation of the decisions of the People’s Congresses in their third ordinary session of the year 1389-1390 from the death of the Prophet, corresponding to 1980 AD. Gregorian, which was formulated by the General Forum of People’s Conferences, People’s Committees, Unions, Syndicates and Professional Associations (General People’s Congress) in its sixth regular session in the period from Safar 27 – the first of Rabi’ al-Awwal 1390 from the death of the Prophet corresponding to January 3-7, 1981 AD.

And after reviewing Law No. (55) of 1976 AD; Regarding the civil service and the regulations and decisions issued pursuant thereto.

The formulas of the law are as follows:

Article one

The salary system for national workers in the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya aims to endorse the principle of equal salaries for equal work and responsibilities, within the framework of satisfying the basic needs of those subject to the said system, and entitlement to the annual increase according to the level of performance and production.

The entitlement of the salary shall be in proportion to the achievement of the set performance rates, all by the general principles and controls determined by the regulations issued under the provisions of this law.

second subject

Salary, in the application of the provisions of this Law, means what a person who works in any of the entities referred to in Article Three receives from the financial compensation specified in the schedules attached to this Law or issued under it, which is due in exchange for work, in addition to all other bonuses, allowances and other financial benefits due under this Law. This law and the regulations and decisions issued pursuant thereto.

Article 3

The provisions of this law shall apply to all national workers in the following entities:

a) Municipal secretariats and people’s committees, and the organizational bodies and divisions affiliated with any of them, as well as self-contained public bodies.

b) Public institutions, bodies and interests and the like, and regular bodies such as the police, customs guards, and municipal guards, as well as judges, prosecutors, and other judicial bodies, and the armed forces.

c) Companies and establishments holding the nationality of the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, wholly or partly owned by the community.

d) Companies, establishments, and other entities to which the statement (partners without wages) applies and has not yet been applied, provided that they are excluded from the application of the systems and provisions related to the schedules attached to this law or issued according to it, as of the date on which it begins – for them – Execution of the aforementioned statement.

The provisions of this law do not apply to national workers in offices, companies, and other bodies affiliated with regional or international organizations or the like.

The provisions of this law may be subject to the national employees of any bodies other than those stipulated in clauses (a to d) of this article, by a decision issued by the General People’s Committee.

Article 4

The general framework for the salaries of all national workers in the entities subject to the provisions of this law is determined according to what is specified in Table No. (1) attached, in addition to all other bonuses, allowances, and other financial benefits due under this law and the regulations and decisions issued pursuant thereto.

Article 5

Subject to the provisions of Article 4, each of the schedules attached to the laws mentioned hereinafter shall be replaced by the schedule indicated in its verdict. The conditions of workers in the entities subject to the provisions of the aforementioned laws are settled by transferring them to the new grades specified in the schedules attached to this law, by the settlement decisions and the salary schedule attached to them, by decisions issued by the General People’s Committee:

Replaced table Replaced table

A) Schedule No. (1) attached to the law Schedule No. (2) attached

No. (55) for the year 76 AD. regarding the service of this law.

civil.

b) Schedule No. (1) attached to the law Schedule No. (3) attached

No. (28) for the year 77 AD. Amending some of this law.

Provisions of Law No. (6) of 72 AD.

about the police.

c) Schedule No. (1) attached to the law Schedule No. (4) attached

No. (68) for the year 72 AD. Regarding the guards of this law.

the customs.

d) Tables No. (1) and (2) attached Table No. (5) attached

By-Law No. (40) of 74 AD. regarding this law.

Service in the armed forces and schedule

The equation between military ranks and degrees

Civil Service attached to Law No

(36) for the year 75 AD. Amending Article 70

From Law No. (40) of 74 AD.

regarding service in the armed forces.

E) Table of grades, salaries, and allowances Table No. (6) attached

The judiciary and the public prosecution are attached to this law.

By-Law No. 51 of 76 AD. about

Judiciary system.

f) Schedule No. (1) with jobs and salaries, schedule No. (7) attached

Members and members of the Jamahiriya Security Authority apply this law.

Attached to Law No. (75) of the year

76 AD. About the Jamahiriya Security Authority.

g) Schedule of jobs and salaries for members of Schedule No. (8) attached

The Central Agency for Administrative Oversight in this law.

Public and its equivalent with men’s jobs

The judiciary and the prosecution attached to the decision of the secretariat

General People’s Congress No. 12

for the year 79 AD. Amending some provisions

The internal regulation of the central body

for general administrative oversight.

h) The salary schedule accompanying the law Schedule No. (9) attached

No. 37 for the year 77 AD. organization of universities. with this law.

I) Schedule No. (2) attached to the law Schedule No. (10) attached

No. (30) for the year 77 AD. regarding guards in this law.

Municipal.

Sixth Article

All schedules, systems, and provisions relating to salaries or wages in force before the entry into force of this law in the entities to which its provisions apply.

The schedules attached to this law or issued according to it shall apply concerning determining the salaries of employees in these bodies.

Article 7

Subject to the provisions of Article 4, the General People’s Committee shall issue Regulations and decisions regulating salaries and the schedules specified for them, for employees of bodies, institutions, interests, companies, public establishments, and the like, subject to the provisions of this law, and whose employees are not subject to the provisions of Civil Service Law No. 55 of 1976 AD. Or any of the other legislation mentioned in Article 5 of this law.

The General People’s Committee sets the provisions for settling the conditions of workers in the entities mentioned in the previous paragraph, to transfer them to the grades included in the schedules that are set for them within the limits of Schedule No. (1) attached, and in a manner that does not violate the provisions of Article Ten of this law.

Eighth Article

A) The General People’s Committee is responsible for appointment and promotion to the eleventh grade and the grades above are listed in Table No. (1) attached to this law or equivalent grades, for workers subject to the provisions of Law No. (55) of 1976 AD. Concerning the civil service in the secretariats, municipalities, bodies, institutions, public interests, and other divisions and agencies affiliated to any of them.

Appointment and promotion below the eleventh grade of the aforementioned employees shall be by the laws and regulations in force.

Except for these, the provisions of special legislation regulating appointment and promotion for them shall apply to those other than them.

b) The specific General People’s Committee or the Municipal People’s Committee to which the company or establishment is affiliated or supervised is concerned with appointment and promotion in grades eleven to thirteen in companies and establishments to which the provisions of this law apply, without prejudice to other provisions stipulated in legislation. applicable to the aforementioned entities.

The General People’s Committee is concerned with appointment and promotion for those above the thirteenth degree in these bodies, without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (b) of Article 10 of this law.

c) In applying the provisions of the previous two paragraphs (A), the provisions of Law No. (40) of 1974 shall be taken into consideration. Concerning service in the armed forces and its amendments.

It also takes into account in all cases the necessity of having a vacant job in the entity’s staff of the same professional specialization for the appointed or promoted person and spending the minimum set for promotion, in addition to the rest of the other legally prescribed conditions for filling the job.

Article 9

Each of the entities subject to the provisions of this law shall prepare a planning staffing project that includes the necessary jobs in the technical and general staff, by the provisions of Articles 11 and 12 of the Civil Service Law No. 55 of 1976 AD.

The owners of entities that do not apply to their employees the provisions of the civil service law mentioned shall be approved by the competent secretariat affiliated to it by the rules and regulations set by the Public Service Secretariat.

Article 10

a) The thirteenth degree shall be the highest degree for the entities to which the provisions of Law No. 55 of 1976 are applicable. regarding the civil service.

b) The provision of the preceding paragraph shall apply to companies and establishments subject to the provisions of this law, provided that it is permissible – by a decision of the General People’s Committee – to exclude companies and establishments of special importance to security or the national economy, based on objective justifications, and that does not exceed the fourteenth degree.

c) As for the bodies in which the affairs of their employees are regulated by special laws, the upper limit of the grades therein shall be the highest grades specified in the salary scales issued in respect of them under the provisions of this law.

D) By a decision of the General People’s Committee, exceptions may be made from the provision stipulated in the previous paragraphs, concerning specific expertise, high specializations, and professions for which there are special considerations that require their exception, provided that the exception rule does not exceed the highest degree mentioned in Table No. (1) attached.

Article eleven

a) The incumbents of the following posts shall be appointed by a decision of the General People’s Congress:

The President and Advisers of the Supreme Court.

Head of the Audit Bureau.

– Governor of the Central Bank of Libya and Deputy Governor.

The sergeant general and deputy sergeant.

Others are required by legislation to be appointed by the General People’s Congress.

b) The salaries of those mentioned in the previous paragraph, as well as all other allowances and financial benefits for them, shall be determined by a decision of the General People’s Committee, within the scope of one of the financial grades listed in Table No. (1) attached.

Article 12

The financial treatment of each of the Secretary and members of the Secretariat of the General People’s Congress and the General People’s Committee shall be determined by a decision of the General People’s Congress.

Article thirteen

First: Subject to the provisions of the following articles of this law, all bonuses, allowances, and benefits – in any name – that are a fixed part of the salaries currently in force, or to which they are attached, and whether they are paid periodically or not, in any of the authorities shall be canceled. to which the provisions of this law apply.

Second: The following are excluded from the provision of the previous clause:

A) The material benefits and bonuses established in implementation of the provisions of Law No. (40) of 1974 AD. regarding service in the armed forces.

b) Family allowance.

c) The delegation allowance, within the limits of the provisions of Article eighteen of this law.

Third: The provisions of the regulations and decisions regulating overtime allowance, scholarships and training courses at home and abroad, teaching allowance, delegation, and overnight allowance, shall continue, unless these regulations are amended, canceled, or replaced by decisions of the General People’s Committee.

Article 14

Workers subject to the provisions of this law are entitled to a housing allowance, which is determined according to the following:

A) occupants of first to fifth grades

(35) (thirty-five Libyan dinars per month).

b) occupants of the sixth to tenth grades

(40) (forty Libyan dinars per month).

c) Those in the eleventh grade and above

(45) (forty-five Libyan dinars per month).

The allowance is only due to one of the spouses, and in this case, it is paid to the person entitled to the greater of the two allowances.

The allowance for singles shall be 50% (fifty percent) of the value of the allowance specified in this article.

A regulation issued by the General People’s Committee regulates the conditions and rules regulating the entitlement to the bonus, the conditions of withholding or suspending it, and other regulating provisions.

Article 15

A regulation issued by the General People’s Committee determines the bases and conditions under which the family allowance is granted to employees, as well as determining its value and the conditions for its withholding and cancellation.

Article 16

Workers subject to the provisions of this law shall be granted an annual increase by the limits mentioned in the attached tables.

The General People’s Committee lays down, with a regulation issued by it, the foundations and provisions that show how to evaluate the performance of employees, which leads to linking the annual increase to the level of performance and productivity and granting this increase in whole or in part according to this level.

Article 17

A regulation issued by the General People’s Committee regulates the terms and conditions for entitlement to overtime for non-military employees subject to the provisions of this law in the armed forces, as well as the minimum number of hours to be performed before it is due, taking into account the working conditions of the various entities subject to the provisions of this law.

Article 18

1- Taking into account the systems and provisions applicable to the military personnel of the armed forces, it is permissible, when necessary, to delegate employees of the entities subject to the provisions of this law, to temporarily perform another job in the same work entity or any other entity referred to in Article 3 of this law.

2- For the aforementioned delegation to be carried out, the following shall be required:

a) That the assignment be in a position of a supervisory or specialized nature that cannot be filled by way of appointment or promotion, due to an actual or legal impediment.

b) The assignment should not be to a degree higher than the actual degree of the delegated by more than two degrees.

c) That a decision is issued by the competent authority by the law.

3- A decision of the General People’s Committee shall be issued for delegation in the following two cases:

a) If the delegation is to the eleventh grade or above, provided that the delegation does not exceed the upper limit of the grades prescribed for the entity delegated to occupy one of its positions.

b) If the assignment is to two degrees.

As for companies and establishments subject to the provisions of this law, a decision of the General People’s Committee or the Municipal People’s Committee to which the company or establishment belongs, as the case may be, shall be delegated in both cases (A or B) of this clause.

Otherwise, the delegation shall be by a decision of the General People’s Specific Committee or the Municipal People’s Committee or whoever exercises their powers.

No allowance shall be granted for delegation if it is of a similar degree or less unless the delegation is in addition to the original work.

Except for the terms and conditions mentioned in this article, the provisions stipulated in the laws and regulations in force shall apply concerning delegation.

Article 19

Determining – by a decision of the General People’s Committee – the method of financial treatment for people who would like to work on a full-time basis in any of the bodies to which the provisions of this law apply.

The aforementioned occupying their positions for the duration of their escalation shall be considered as a secondment from their original positions.

The provisions governing this loan in Law No. (55) of 1976 shall apply to this loan. regarding the civil service, taking into account the nature and duration of the popular escalation.

It also determines by a decision of the General People’s Committee the financial transaction systems to be applied in the matter of these elevators if they are not working in one of the bodies mentioned in the first paragraph of this article.

Article 20

By decisions of the General People’s Committee, based on a proposal from the competent secretary, the job status of the occupants of the posts of secretaries of the people’s committees, heads of boards of directors, executive committees, or general commissioners of national or joint bodies, institutions, establishments, or companies are settled.

The settlement must take place within the limits of the schedule applicable to each of the entities referred to in the previous paragraph.

It shall work concerning determining the financial degree due, how, and calculating the period of experience and other matters related to settlement, according to the provisions of this law and the regulations and decisions issued pursuant thereto.

Article XXI

It is permissible, when necessary and for objective reasons, to distinguish any activity by deciding a lump sum or a specific percentage in addition to the salary scale applicable to workers in the field of that activity, by a decision of the General People’s Committee based on a proposal from the General People’s Committee for Public Service.

For the above, discrimination must be on a sectoral or occupational basis, or for reasons related to the work environment or the environment in which it is performed.

Sectoral discrimination, in the application of the provisions of this article, means discrimination for any group of workers that has its distinct salary scale, attached to this law or issued according to it.

To benefit from the provision of the first paragraph of this article, it is also required to continue to perform the work already in the field of activity that is being distinguished.

Article 22

Taking into account the provisions of Law No. 40 of 1974 AD. Regarding service in the armed forces and its amendment, no allowances or financial or in-kind benefits may be granted to employees of the entities subject to the provisions of this law, except within the limits and the terms and conditions stipulated therein.

An exception to this is what is given to employees to use them in the performance of work, such as tools, clothes, and various equipment, as well as foodstuffs that are given to those engaged in work that requires that.

Article 23

To work in any job or profession outside the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya – for workers in the entities subject to the provisions of this law – the approval of the General People’s Committee.

The provision of the previous paragraph shall apply whether the work is on assignment, secondment, or in any other manner.

The provision of this article does not apply to employees of the armed forces and the like.

The General People’s Committee shall set, by a regulation issued by it, the rules and regulations for work abroad and how

The financial transaction is by the provisions of this article.

Article 24

Grievance committees shall be formed to consider grievances submitted regarding settlements made to national employees under the provisions of this law and the regulations and decisions issued pursuant thereto.

These committees are formed and their functions and how to perform their duties are determined by a decision of the General People’s Committee.

Article 25

Without prejudice to any more severe penalty imposed by any other law, anyone who violates the provisions of Articles four, five and seventeen shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than six months and not more than a year, and a fine of not less than five hundred dinars and not more than a thousand dinars, or one of these two penalties. The eighteenth and twenty-first of this law.

Article 26

The employees of the Public Service Secretariat who are determined by a decision of the General People’s Committee shall have the capacity of judicial control officers, concerning the application of the provisions of this law and the regulations and decisions issued pursuant thereto.

Article 27

Judicial officers shall present the violations to the authority where the violation occurred or notify it, to settle them within a period not exceeding fifteen days from the date of presentation or notification, otherwise the violation shall be referred to the competent Public Prosecution.

Article 28

every verdict that does not comply with this law will be canceled.

Article 29

This law shall be effective as of January 1, 1982. And published in the Official Gazette.

General People’s Congress

Issued on the 16th of Dhul-Hijjah 1390 after the death of the Prophet.

Corresponding to October 14, 1981 AD.