Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 50

12-Dec-2011

UAE

Shaikh Khalifah Orders Large Salary Increases

State employees in the UAE federal government will get a handsome salary increase at the beginning of 2012 under a decree issued on 30 November by UAE President Shaikh Khalifah bin Zayid Al Nuhayyan. The increase will range from 35% for high ranking positions in the government to 45% for lower ones. The decree is one of several issued by Shaikh Khalifah on the occasion of the 40th...