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LEGISLATION WATCH- Labor Act receives House committee approval:<\/b> The House Manpower Committee has approved the long-languishing Labor Act, and will refer it to the general assembly for discussion and a final vote, committee head Gibali El-Maraghi said, according to Ahram Online<\/a>. The act was put up for public consultations two years ago, El-Maraghi said, but it is unclear whether these drawn out consultations translated into any changes in the draft legislation. The bill would, if passed, establish specialized courts to handle labor-related cases, and could make changes to maternity leave and working hours for women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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