{"id":600144,"date":"2019-01-21T04:32:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T04:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/21\/mp-working-on-draft-law-to-raise-wages\/"},"modified":"2019-01-21T04:32:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T04:32:30","slug":"mp-working-on-draft-law-to-raise-wages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/21\/mp-working-on-draft-law-to-raise-wages\/","title":{"rendered":"MP working on draft law to raise wages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-04\"><\/a> <b>The House is looking to force the private sector to raise wages: <\/b>MP Sahar Etman is working on a draft law that would raise wages for employees in both the public and private sector, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.almalnews.com\/Story\/407648\/19\/%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B9-%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B5\">Al Mal reports<\/a>. In a statement picked up by the newspaper, Etman says that there is no current legislation that could compel the private sector to raise wages as a result of inflation. Can someone please yell over her soap box that this is not 1956?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House is looking to force the private sector to raise wages: MP Sahar Etman is working on a draft law that would raise wages for employees in both the public and private sector, Al Mal reports. 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