minimum wage
Haiti hikes minimum wage by up to 54% following worker protests
World
February 22, 2022
Haiti hikes minimum wage by up to 54% following worker protests
Port-au-Prince Haiti’s government on Monday hiked the minimum wage by as much as 54 percent, following weeks of demonstrations by…
Egyptian state to implement 12 beneficial new decisions on July 1
Egypt
June 30, 2021
Egyptian state to implement 12 beneficial new decisions on July 1
The Egyptian cabinet is set to implement 12 new measures beneficial to society with the start of the new fiscal…
Egypt sets minimum wage in private sector at LE 2,400
Egypt
June 29, 2021
Egypt sets minimum wage in private sector at LE 2,400
The National Wages Council on Monday has set the minimum wage for workers in the private sector at LE2,400 per…
Activists fear Biden’s commitment to higher minimum wage
World
February 15, 2021
Activists fear Biden’s commitment to higher minimum wage
WASHINGTON (AP) — Union activist Terrance Wise recalls being laughed at when he began pushing for a national $15 per…
Egypt improves wages to reduce impact of economic reforms
Business
May 4, 2019
Egypt improves wages to reduce impact of economic reforms
Egypt’s Finance Ministry announced that the government plans to reduce the impact of financial and economic reforms on citizens in…
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…
Sisi announces decisions in favor of women, pensioners and state employees
Egypt
March 31, 2019
Sisi announces decisions in favor of women, pensioners and state employees
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced several decisions and directives in favor of state employees, pensioners and women in his speech…
Spanish PM calls snap polls after budget defeat
World
February 15, 2019
Spanish PM calls snap polls after budget defeat
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday called an early general election for April 28, the third in less than…
Spain to raise minimum wage by 22% in 2019: PM
World
December 12, 2018
Spain to raise minimum wage by 22% in 2019: PM
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday his cabinet would approve next week a 22 percent increase in the monthly…
Hundreds of Aswan garbage collectors demand permanent contracts
Egypt
September 17, 2015
Hundreds of Aswan garbage collectors demand permanent contracts
Hundreds of garbage collectors in the Aswan governorate continued to strike for the third day in a row on Thursday to…