civil service law
Government adamant on controversial civil service law
Egypt
August 13, 2015
Government adamant on controversial civil service law
The government has voiced persistence in maintaining a law regulating the work of its public servants, defying massive protests demanding…
Finance Ministry workers continue lobbying against civil service law
Egypt
August 12, 2015
Finance Ministry workers continue lobbying against civil service law
Independent unions of workers at the Finance Ministry’s Egyptian Tax Authority are continuing to lobby for more protests against the…
The 4 most controversial articles of the new civil service law
Egypt
August 12, 2015
The 4 most controversial articles of the new civil service law
The new civil service law has triggered wide protests by civil servants, while the government insists on issuing it with…
UPDATE: Thousands vow escalation against new civil service law
Egypt
August 11, 2015
UPDATE: Thousands vow escalation against new civil service law
Thousands of employees staged the largest public protest under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday against the new civil service…
Labor rights campaign backs protests against civil service law
Egypt
August 10, 2015
Labor rights campaign backs protests against civil service law
Towards A Fair Labor Law campaign says it backs protests by workers at the Finance Ministry outside the Journalists Syndicate…
UPDATE: Govt refutes suggestion to revisit controversial civil service law
Egypt
August 10, 2015
UPDATE: Govt refutes suggestion to revisit controversial civil service law
Planning Minister Ashraf al-Araby has denied news reports stating that the government was willing to reconsider the civil service law…
Minister confirms public employees’ wages will not be reduced after law amendment
Economy
July 29, 2015
Minister confirms public employees’ wages will not be reduced after law amendment
Wage rates will not be reduced despite an ongoing debate on the application of the new Civil Service Law, Finance…
Trade unions lobbying fiercely against civil service law
Egypt
July 27, 2015
Trade unions lobbying fiercely against civil service law
Several trade unions are lobbying to bring down a law enacted in March which regulates appointment standards, payments, retirements and…
Minister: No party would be harmed by application of new Civil Service Law
Economy
July 13, 2015
Minister: No party would be harmed by application of new Civil Service Law
No party would be harmed by the application of the Civil Service Law, said Finance Minister Hany Qadry Dimian on…
Doctors’ Syndicate leader criticizes civil services law
Egypt
May 4, 2015
Doctors’ Syndicate leader criticizes civil services law
Secretary General of the Cairo Doctors' Syndicate Ehab Taher has criticized the new civil service law No.18 of 2015, saying…