The new Parliament, which convened for the first time in January, is reviewing several pieces of legislation that could adversely affect the country’s workforce. With only a handful of labor…
The famous chant of “bread, freedom and social justice” continued to resonate in people’s heads as the 18-day uprising in 2011 drew to an end. Since then, four successive administrations…
Although Egypt’s Parliament has rejected President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s civil service law, the rejection hasn’t yet been activated. Parliament decided on January 20 to reject the law, with a majority…
Three weeks separated the protests against the civil service law and protests staged by police conscripts last week. In both cases, additional protests were cancelled or delayed — the conscripts briefly…
The committee will ultimately answer to the president
Senior government officials will be able to fire civil servants on terrorist lists.
A court acquitted 17 post office workers facing striking charges, criticizing legislators' failure to outline the right to strike in Egypt's civil…
Parliament approved the long-disputed civil service law and submitted it to the state council, tasked with assessing its constitutionality.
Parliamentary news sources reported on Wednesday that the highly controversial civil service law was rejected, with 332 members of parliament voting against…
Security forces attempted to prevent a planned mass demonstration in an authorized area by civil service workers on Saturday. …
«During the ongoing debate over the civil service law, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asked in a televised interview whether the size of the state administrative apparatus is normal and…»
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