Reclassification of court clerks: the standoff continues between the government and the unions

The reclassification of court clerks into the new A2 hierarchy continues to divide the government and the unions in the justice sector. Meeting in Dakar on Monday, September 21, the two sides have yet to reach a final agreement on the grade and salary index to be applied to the employees concerned.

Government and unions resumed discussions on September 21 in Dakar, at a new meeting chaired by the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Public Service Reform, Mamadou Lamine Dianté.

The meeting, which saw the participation of SYTJUST (Unions of Justice Workers) and UNTJ (National Union of Justice Workers), focused on the procedures for reclassifying court clerks from the B2 hierarchy to the A2 hierarchy, following their training.

The discussions also concern the reclassification of agents in the B and C hierarchies serving at the Ministry of Justice into the new corps of court clerks and prosecutors' office assistants, as well as the conditions of integration into the new corps of A2 court clerks and court administrators.

During the discussions, the government side presented a redeployment method based on the provisions of Law No. 61-33 of June 15, 1961, concerning the general status of civil servants, as well as on the regulatory texts governing career and redeployment conditions.

This proposal provides for a reclassification at a salary grade equal to or immediately higher than that held by the employee.

The trade unions, for their part, advocated a different approach. They demanded that the court clerks be reclassified to the same grades they held in their original corps.

At the end of the meeting, no agreement was announced on this issue. Both parties agreed to continue discussions at a future session to further examine the redeployment arrangements.

This meeting thus marks a new stage in a process that has been underway for several years.