Thursday 18/Sep/2025 – 02:30 PM
Everyone wonders about the consequences of implementing the new labor law and the consequent rights and duties of each party. The law re -created legal articles to suit more with the rights of workers and employers and provide more flexibility in the work environment.
Mohamed Gibran, Minister of Labor, revealed the details of the application The new labor law And what results, how it will be applied and what was canceled after its activation, and new evaluation mechanisms. And through Cairo 24, we review the most important effects of the application of the new labor law and the consequences.
Applying the new labor law and the consequences
Details of the application of the new labor law and the consequences, each employee or employer is concerned, especially after the law entered into force as of September 1, 2025, where 87 executive decisions have been established as a complementary to the law, the Ministry of Labor is concerned with issuing 62 executive decisions from them, and the rest are distributed on other parties.
The Minister of Labor, Mohamed Gibran, stressed that the law obliges companies to implement the minimum wage, which is considered a “ground” for workers and not a roof for their wages.
He said in a television intervention: It is not acceptable for the worker to remain on The minimum wage Throughout his career, wages should increase annually.
The minister stressed that a new plan has been developed to intensify the inspection campaigns on companies and establishments to ensure the implementation of the minimum, as well as the ministry will change the inspection methodology to be more effective, saying: “We will inspect intensive and systematic, article with a subject, to apply the law with firmness.
Gibran stressed that the ministry focuses in particular on the file of foreign labor, as it described the presence of illegal foreign workers in the country as a catastrophe, noting that the ministry is working seriously on this file, and has monitored many violations.
The Minister called on foreign workers to settle their conditions, stressing that the ministry has simplified the procedures so that they can easily register their data.
Regarding the new labor law, Gibran said that the old law dating back to 2003 no longer keeps pace with developments in the labor market. He added that the new law aims to protect the rights of workers in the private sector, especially with the emergence of new jobs and other disappearances.
He stressed that the new law guarantees workers rights that did not exist in the past, stressing the need for every worker to be aware of his rights guaranteed by the law.
What are the most prominent provisions of the new labor law 2025 in Egypt?
The most prominent provisions of the new Labor Law 2025 in Egypt are after the start of its activation, in several changes revealed by the Minister of Labor that clarifies the details of the new labor law and the consequences, and they are as follows:
New contract system
- A new contract system with four copies: the Ministry of Labor, Social Insurance, the employer, and the worker
- Not to edit a written contract that makes the worker in a permanent contract
- The contract guarantees three basic elements: fair wage, medical insurance, and social insurance
Resignation and termination of the service
- The resignation must be approved by the Labor Office, the Directorate or the Ministry to be considered
- Not adopting the resignation is considered an interruption from work and leads to separation
- Canceling the practice of working workers to sign prior resignations with “Form 6”
- The chapter of workers has become the jurisdiction of the courts only
Labor conflict solution
- The establishment of the “Labor Court” to adjudicate disputes within a maximum of 3 months
- Workers can go to the Ministry of Labor to file complaints
- The ministry is trying to mediate before resorting to the judiciary
- Any arbitrary separation deserves major compensation
Control and inspection
- Labor inspectors have the status of judicial seizure
- Surprising inspection on the facilities
- Launching an electronic platform to raise all employment data
- Frains on facilities that violate the absence of contracts or the incompatibility of the numbers of workers
Protecting delivery workers
- Launching the “Safety We are of us” campaign to protect delivery workers
- Safety requirements include: helmet, gyantie, reflective jacket, safe driving training
- Large fines for companies that do not provide safety equipment
- Transfer of delivery workers from the informal sector of the official
Working women’s rights
- Non -discrimination in the wage between men and women
- Putting leave You reach four months for three times
- Obliging establishments to create nurseries according to specific controls
Foreign employment and work abroad
- Targeting foreign workers who do not have work permits
- Providing job opportunities abroad for free through labor representation offices
- “Lock the door on brokers” and raise the material burden on the youth
Founding for investors
- An optional system for cooperation with private inspection companies
- Canceling the penalty of imprisonment for business owners and replacing them with financial fines
- Freedom to choose the inspection company from the list of credit companies
Contract problems from the subcontractor
- Make workers’ rights solidarity with the parent company
- Preventing the basic companies from being dismissed from their obligations towards the workers of the attachment companies
