Al-Asmar: A government step obliges the two mobile companies to pay social security dues and preserves workers’ rights

The head of the General Confederation of Lebanese Workers, Bishara Al-Asmar, said in a statement that, following the appeal submitted by the General Confederation of Lebanese Workers, the National Social Security Fund, and the union of employees and workers of the companies operating the mobile sector in Lebanon against government Decision No. 6, which provided for extending the deadlines of the clearance certificates of the two mobile companies before the State Council, and after what he described as the honorable stance of the Social Security Board of Directors and the labor federations and unions affiliated with the confederation, as well as after the State Council’s decision to suspend التنفيذ, which halted the implementation of the Cabinet’s decision and the decree extending the clearance certificates—especially in light of the fact that the two mobile companies owned by the Lebanese state are not cleared of social security dues but rather owe end-of-service settlements resulting from employees’ compensation—a step he described as corrective has been reached.

In this context, Al-Asmar announced: “We bring good news to the workers of the two mobile companies that the Cabinet has, thankfully, decided to abide by the law and request that the two mobile companies pay the social security dues resulting from end-of-service settlements related to workers’ compensation in the two mobile companies.”

He also extended thanks to “the Prime Minister, the Ministers of Labor and Telecommunications, and the National Social Security Fund, as well as the board of directors, management, technical committee, and employees, in addition to the unions and trade union federations,” considering that this position “preserves end-of-service compensation for all insured persons.”