SECTION 86

(1) Under the authority of a Director, the Department of General Affairs shall be responsible for: - designing and implementing human resources management policy necessary to the smooth functioning of the Ministry; - coordinating and drawing up plans for training the judicial personnel in the Ministry; - following-up the implementation of the State policy as concerns the training of judicial staff in the Ministry; - putting at the disposal of various courts newly recruited personnel and graduates; - making projection on the work force and competence of judicial staff; - implementing legislative and statutory instruments with regard to staff expenditure; - ensuring that documents relating to career management are valid and authentic; - processing wages and allowances of the Ministry’s personnel; - managing pensions; - processing and salary validation of various allowances an benefits; - processing and salary validation of family allowances; - updating the salary card-index; - drawing up and liquidating instruments which grant pension rights and life annuities after approval by relevant services; - drawing up and liquidating instruments which grant pension for industrial accident and occupational diseases after approval by relevant services; - financial processing of files relating to diseases and financial risks; - dealing with issues relating with discipline of the Ministry’s personnel; - monitoring the maintenance of the implementation of the Integrated System for the Computerized Management of State Personnel and Payroll(SIGIPES) in conjunction with the Ministry of Finance; - evaluating systems adopted for the management of human resources; - monitoring the improvement of working conditions for the Ministry’s personnel; - preparing legal instruments on personnel management; - ensuring effective supersion of staff; - monitoring the wage bill; - preparing and executing the Ministry’s budget; - preparing and programming public contracts; - managing and maintaining all the Ministry’s movable and immovable property in conjunction with the Ministry of Land, State Property, Surveys and Land Tenure; - setting up norms and specifications of the Ministry’s heavy equipment, in conjunction with the relevant authorities; (2) It shall comprise: - the SIGIPES Management Unit; - the Sub-Department for Judicial Personnel; - the Sub-Department for Salary and Pensions; -The Sub-Department for Budget and Equipment; -The Sub-Department for Judicial Infrastructures. SECTION I SIGIPES MANAGEMENT UNIT