{"id":1492,"date":"2021-01-03T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:8081\/?page_id=217"},"modified":"2021-07-11T19:21:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T19:21:23","slug":"reconstitution-national-council-salaries-step-towards-setting-minimum-salary-private-sector-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riad-riad.com\/reconstitution-national-council-salaries-step-towards-setting-minimum-salary-private-sector-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconstitution of the National Council for Salaries \u2013 A Step towards Setting a Minimum Salary for Private Sector Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National Council for Salaries (the \u201cCouncil<\/strong>\u201d) was first constituted in 2003 in accordance with Article (34) of the Egyptian Labor Law No. 12\/2003. The Council is competent to determine the minimum salaries and the annual increments of private sector employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Council however was inactive during the past years and never issued a decision in relation to the minimum salaries nor the annual increments. There has always been an intensive debate, particularly after the 2011 uprising in Egypt about the role of the Council and the reason beyond the delay in determining the minimum salaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reconstitution of the Council<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On 21 December 2020, the Prime Minister issued Decree No. 2659 (the \u201cDecree<\/strong>\u201d) to reconstitute the Council and elucidate its competencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to avoid the previous dormancy of the Council, the Decree mandates that the Council must be convened \u2013 at least \u2013 twice a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, the Council is reconstituted to be chaired by the Minister of Planning and Economic Development and will include in its membership the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n