Employees
Strike by Tunisian fuel workers leads to queues and empty pumps
Middle East
May 2, 2019
Strike by Tunisian fuel workers leads to queues and empty pumps
TUNIS (Reuters) – Fuel distribution workers in Tunisia began a three-day strike on Thursday to demand higher wages, leading to…
Another exec out amid sex harassment tension at Google
Business
November 1, 2018
Another exec out amid sex harassment tension at Google
Google parent Alphabet on Wednesday confirmed that an executive accused of sexual harassment left the company without an exit package…
Manpower minister target, LE2,000 minimum wage for private sector workers
Egypt
August 14, 2017
Manpower minister target, LE2,000 minimum wage for private sector workers
The Ministry Manpower and Immigration seeks to apply a minimum wage rate of LE2,000 for private sector workers, Manpower Minister,…
889 foreigners worked in public sector in 2016: CAPMAS
Egypt
June 28, 2017
889 foreigners worked in public sector in 2016: CAPMAS
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced the rise of the number of foreign workers in the…
EU companies can ban employees from wearing religious or political symbols: top court
World
March 14, 2017
EU companies can ban employees from wearing religious or political symbols: top court
EU companies can ban employees from wearing religious or political symbols, such as the Islamic headscarf, the bloc's top court…
Egypt Cabinet to increase civil servants minimum wage
Egypt
January 10, 2017
Egypt Cabinet to increase civil servants minimum wage
Ministry of Planning Monitoring and Administrative Reform (MPMAR) is preparing a study to raise the minimum wage limit for state…
US judge rejects Uber’s driver expenses settlement
Business
August 19, 2016
US judge rejects Uber’s driver expenses settlement
A U.S. judge on Thursday rejected an attempt by Uber Technologies Inc to settle a class action lawsuit with drivers…
Govt to reduce staffing levels to ease strain in budget
Business
August 16, 2016
Govt to reduce staffing levels to ease strain in budget
Mohamed Meit, Assistant Minister of Finance for the treasury, has announced government plans to streamline employment within the state administrative…
Trade unions warn against backtracking on annual bonus
Egypt
October 14, 2015
Trade unions warn against backtracking on annual bonus
Several trade unions and labor leaders are warning about increased discontent among public sector employees after the Finance Ministry decided…
State employees to take protests to presidential palace
Egypt
October 1, 2015
State employees to take protests to presidential palace
Employees at government agencies disgruntled with a law regulating their bonuses, promotions and evaluations are planning further escalation by protesting…