Yesterday at the cabinet: Ministers approved new minimum wage tiers for public-sector workers and exempted thousands of tons of frozen poultry from customs duties at the weekly cabinet meeting yesterday, according to a statement.

New minimum wages: The cabinet approved legal amendments that see the minimum wage for public-sector workers increase to between EGP 3.5k and EGP 10.5k per month, depending on rank. The decision takes effect starting 1 April. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi last week signed into law a package of wage hikes for public-sector workers that increased the minimum wage to EGP 3.5k, raised salaries, and upped bonuses. Yesterday’s amendments raise the minimum wages for people with Master’s degrees to EGP 6k a month and PhD holders to EGP 7k, as announced last month.

Cheaper chicken: The cabinet agreed to exempt 25k tons of frozen poultry from custom duties, allowing the Supply Ministry to sell it at lower prices. The price of chicken has spiraled in recent months due to the devaluation of the EGP and a shortage of feed caused by import curbs.

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