Judges' assistants demand better salaries

FUJAIRAH — Just like judges and chief justices are ensured a decent salary, for the nature of their duties demand them to be fair and impartial, it is high time the assistants of judges too are ensured decent wages to stem their exodus to better paying jobs with fewer responsibilities.

By Salah Al Debarkey

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Published: Tue 23 May 2006, 11:02 AM

Last updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 7:48 PM

Abdullah Al Sha’er, Head of the Bailiffs Section at Fujairah Court, said: “If judges have the right to have their own pay scale, we (their assistants) demanded a new pay scale several years ago, and we were promised many times that a new pay scale will be approved, but our situation remained the same as the new pay scale did not see the light of day. We appreciate the role of the justice minister and his endless efforts, and we demand our new pay scale to be expedited as our financial burdens are increasing everyday, in addition to the fact that the new pay scale will attract the youth of today, especially as a majority of them leave this field after two or three years of hard training, for other jobs with better pay.”

Edris bin Tayeb Al Qurashi, Judicial Translator, said: “The approval of a new pay scale for judge assistants will make their job become attractive, pointing to the fact that those who work in courts as Judge Assistants should be treated as civil department employees on the matter of salaries.”

He added: “On top of all this, we have a special situation regarding penalties, as we are ruled by two laws. The first is the Civil Service Law, while the second is the judiciary authority. This makes an employee subject to punishment from both sides in case of any misconduct of duty, but there are no privileges in exchange for the tough responsibilities."

Rashid Hashim said: “Many of the youth, who work in this job for two or three years, start looking for other jobs with higher income after they discover that the pay is not worth the effort and responsibility, as the punishment for any employee is tough from both sides (civil and judiciary), without any financial privileges, as the salaries are low. That forces them to escape to other jobs with higher pay."

The same was said by Rashid Juma and Khalid Saeed Al Muala, as they pointed to the fact that working in such jobs is a big burden that comes with huge responsibilities. They might become vulnerable to temptations, as they deal with cases worth millions of dirhams, while their own salary does not exceed Dh5,000.


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