national minimum wage
Maximum and minimum wage law lacks details, faces obstacles in implementation
Business
February 25, 2013
Maximum and minimum wage law lacks details, faces obstacles in implementation
Early this month, two Nour Party members of the upper house of parliament, the Shura Council, presented a bill that…
Resentment mounts among workers over delayed annual raises
Business
January 13, 2011
Resentment mounts among workers over delayed annual raises
Abdul Rahman Khair, a workers representative on the National Council for Wages (NCW), has warned of mounting resentment among workers…
Year Ender: Critics question regime’s response to mounting labor unrest
Egypt
December 28, 2010
Year Ender: Critics question regime’s response to mounting labor unrest
This year has been marked by numerous incidents of labor unrest, raising questions as to how Egypt’s ruling regime plans…
Info center employees, security forces clash outside lawyers syndicate
Egypt
November 10, 2010
Info center employees, security forces clash outside lawyers syndicate
Disgruntled employees of state-run information centers clashed with security forces on Wednesday outside Egyptian Lawyers Syndicate headquarters in downtown Cairo.
Labor leader: Mubarak will intervene to resolve minimum wage controversy
Business
November 4, 2010
Labor leader: Mubarak will intervene to resolve minimum wage controversy
Abdel Rahman Kheir, workers' representative at the National Council for Wages, said on Thursday that President Hosni Mubarak would intervene…
Investors’ federation calls for upping minimum wage to LE600/month
Business
November 2, 2010
Investors’ federation calls for upping minimum wage to LE600/month
The Egyptian Federation of Investor Associations this week called for raising the national monthly minimum wage to LE600.Last week, Egypt's…
PM: LE400 monthly minimum wage ‘best possible figure at moment’
Egypt
November 1, 2010
PM: LE400 monthly minimum wage ‘best possible figure at moment’
The LE400 minimum wage set by Egypt's National Council of Wages last week represents "the best possible figure at the…
AUC workers call strike to demand salary increases
Egypt
October 28, 2010
AUC workers call strike to demand salary increases
Cleaning staff at the American University in Cairo (AUC) have been on strike since Wednesday to demand better pay.After weeks…
Musicians protest low wages at Cairo Opera House
Egypt
October 28, 2010
Musicians protest low wages at Cairo Opera House
Nearly 200 musicians from the Arabic Music Orchestra and Egypt's National Orchestra demonstrated on Wednesday outside the Cairo Opera House…
Monthly minimum wage raised to LE400; ‘Not enough’ say labor leaders
Egypt
October 28, 2010
Monthly minimum wage raised to LE400; ‘Not enough’ say labor leaders
The government-run National Council for Wages on Thursday announced its decision to raise the national minimum wage from LE112 per…