Band al-Markzi
I've been looking through some Qatari papers recently and I came upon a new expression Band al-Markazi...who are they? I know they are the employees of the Ministry of Eduction who earn their salaries but don't get the allowances and additional payings that every Qatary gov't employee can get according to the new Qatary gov't resources Law. So what are they and why are they limited in their rights? An why are they called band al-Markazi?
There's nothing new, it's very old (probably 20 years or more), and it's not related to the new law in any way.
It's a central budget for "extra" employees, generally created for people who belong to departments that are canceled, some officials moved some people they hated there instead of firing them (since they did nothing wrong).
They used to get a full salary, until they find a new job.
They currently got those salaries slashed to Basic and Social Allowance to force them to get new jobs.
البند المركزي = The Central Budget Category