After one month of intensive discussions, the Senate — Egypt’s consultative upper house of parliament — finally approved on Sunday the country’s new government-drafted Labour Law.
The Senate, which has passed 245 articles out of a total of 267 over the last four weeks, met on Sunday to discuss and approve the remaining 22 articles.
Bahaa El-Din Abu Shoqa — the Senate’s deputy speaker and leader of the liberal-oriented Wafd Party — said that “the final draft, as approved by the Senate, will be referred to the House of Representatives for final discussion and finally voted on as per the constitutional rules and principles.”
Abu Shoqa described the new Labour Law as a progressive step because not only does it tackle the shortcomings of the current law (12/2003), but it also aims to streamline work conditions.
“It was important that Egypt draft a new Labour Law that can be in line with the country’s 2014 constitution and operate in tandem with the new rules instituted by the Supreme Constitutional Court and the new conventions of the International Labour Organisation,” said Abu Shoqa.
“Not to mention that many of the current Labour Law’s articles are not harmonious with a number of other laws, particularly those regulating child labour and social insurance and pensions.”
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