Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to Egypt as reported in our fortnightly newswire “Dernieres nouvelles”.

Egypt: Labour Code and Trade Union Law

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi is pressing Egypt’s parliament to progress a new Labour Code and Trade Union Law …

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Egypt: Keep away from NGOs

Companies that fund any in-house or external trusts, charities or have institutional donations should make sure none of them are situated in Egypt …

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Egypt: Licences to work abroad

The Egyptian parliament has just approved an increase in the statutory fees for granting Egyptians permission to work abroad …

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Egypt: Long working hours

Figures just issued by the government’s CAPMAS statistics agency reveal that the average weekly wage in Egypt’s private sector rose by 17 …

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Egypt: Increased fees for work permits

Annual work permit processing fees have increased in Egypt …

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Egypt: New deal for civil service

In a country where over six million people work for the public service and white-collar workers aspire to public employment, large private sector employers are obliged to compete with the terms, conditions and rewards on offer to civil servants …

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