{"id":578473,"date":"2023-01-02T02:51:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T02:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/01\/02\/private-sector-minimum-wage-rises-12-5\/"},"modified":"2023-01-02T02:51:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T02:51:41","slug":"private-sector-minimum-wage-rises-12-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/01\/02\/private-sector-minimum-wage-rises-12-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Private-sector minimum wage rises 12.5%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-03\"><\/a> <strong>New year, new private-sector minimum wage: <\/strong>The National Council for Wages has raised the minimum wage for private-sector workers by 12.5% amid soaring inflation. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid0uHBiKT4D2RVqrvwifnWMGkRUV2XCim1e15jakcZrVXNz7kBN8qhK27CRsyooLeeDl\">a statement<\/a> Thursday, the Planning Ministry said that private-sector firms now have to pay their employees at least EGP 2.7k a month, up from EGP 2.4k previously. The new minimum came into effect yesterday with the start of the new year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The council was aiming for a bigger hike: <\/strong>The council was <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/08cdf1be-bcdf-482d-a9e2-f983e9741618\">hoping<\/a> to raise the minimum wage to EGP 3k \u2014 to match the <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/3f8e5c9a-90ae-4625-b029-17645be14c8e\">minimum wage<\/a> for civil servants and employees at state-owned enterprises as of November \u2014 following talks with business leaders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New rules for annual bonuses:<\/strong> As of their 2023 financial years, private-sector companies will have to disburse annual bonuses equal to at least 3% of the employee\u2019s ins. contribution and no less than EGP 100, after the council agreed to set a minimum value for annual bonuses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The minimum wage hike is the latest in a series of measures carried out by the <\/strong><strong>government to soften the impact of the economic crisis.<\/strong> Two major currency devaluations have helped to push inflation to <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/947feb71-5cca-4d49-bc8c-b93d6d766016\">near five-year highs<\/a>, putting pressure on low-income households. The government has <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/3f8e5c9a-90ae-4625-b029-17645be14c8e\">hiked the public-sector minimum wage<\/a> to EGP 3k, <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/f7f5d914-1be8-4dfe-93c8-767c06de3057\">expanded the Takaful and Karama social security program<\/a>, and frozen household electricity prices until the end of the fiscal year in June.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The private-sector minimum wage is relatively new in Egypt<\/strong>, having been <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/5a48e903-d707-4969-9ab6-be99c9b3cb91\">introduced at the<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/5a48e903-d707-4969-9ab6-be99c9b3cb91\">beginning of FY 2021-2022<\/a> at EGP 2.4k a month. The move was <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/305cb528-260b-4ce8-9b62-16b7235fb92e\">met with push back from companies<\/a>, who complained that they couldn\u2019t afford the higher wage bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New year, new private-sector minimum wage: The National Council for Wages has raised the minimum wage for private-sector workers by 12.5% amid soaring inflation. In a statement Thursday, the Planning Ministry said that private-sector firms now have to pay their employees at least EGP 2.7k a month, up from EGP 2.4k previously. 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