First: Salaries

Article (60): Employees are entitled to their salary starting from the date they commence work. Salaries are paid on the fifth day of the month according to the Gregorian calendar, and the month is considered to have thirty days.

Article (61): The institution adopts an organizational structure and a salary schedule that ensures the required flexibility to accommodate future changes.

Second: Annual Increases

Article (63): The institution grants annual increases to employees based on the annual performance evaluation, provided that the employee has completed at least one year from the date of their appointment. Senior management directors are excluded from the annual increase, and the general manager has the discretion to exempt any employee based on their performance.

Article (64): The annual increase rate is set between 2% and 5% per year.

Article (65): The general manager establishes the principles and rules for determining the annual increase rates based on performance evaluations each year, subject to approval. When determining the annual increase rates, the following should be considered:

• The employee’s current salary in relation to the minimum and maximum salary of the position.
• Comparable salaries within the same department or other branches.
• The employee’s achievement of set targets.

Article (66): Annual increases resulting from performance evaluations become effective from the beginning of the first month of the following year and should take into account components calculated as a percentage of the basic salary, such as housing allowance, after approval by the general manager.

Article (68): Employees who receive a poor evaluation are not entitled to any annual increases and are issued a written warning regarding the result.

Article (69): Employees who receive a good evaluation are not entitled to any annual increases and may be transferred to another position if they continue to receive good evaluations in subsequent years.

Article (70): In special cases, and upon recommendation from the direct supervisor and approval from the branch manager and the executive director, special bonuses or exceptional allowances may be granted to employees who perform outstanding work. The executive director must immediately inform the financial and administrative manager upon approval.

Article (71): The maximum salary cap for a position cannot be exceeded due to any annual increase granted to an employee.