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<\/a> Private sector raise could become mandatory? <\/strong>Business associations signed on Tuesday the initiative that would see 18 mn private sector employees receive a 10% hardship raise, AMAY reports<\/a>. The raise was set at a minimum EGP 165 and maximum EGP 330 a month and companies are being asked to \u201cvoluntarily\u201d implementing the raise as of this month.<\/p>\n

Contrary to what Labor Minister Mohamed Saafan said last week<\/a>, the initiative might become mandatory for businesses if decreed by the House of Representatives <\/strong>after they decide on its final value and implementation mechanism, Rep. Mohamed Wahb Allah tells Ahram Gate<\/a>. The House\u2019s majority Support Egypt Coalition kicked off talk of the raise last week. The minister had explained, though, that the raise agreement would be non-binding, asking businesses to do it in the spirit of corporate social responsibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Private sector raise could become mandatory? Business associations signed on Tuesday the initiative that would see 18 mn private sector employees receive a 10% hardship raise, AMAY reports. The raise was set at a minimum EGP 165 and maximum EGP 330 a month and companies are being asked to \u201cvoluntarily\u201d implementing the raise as of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8572],"tags":[72,2380],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-645397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-round","tag-enterpriseam","tag-speed-round","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"062f1b46-09b9-44c4-b5bc-09c9965951d6","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[645388],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nPrivate sector raise could become mandatory? - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/07\/19\/private-sector-raise-could-become-mandatory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Private sector raise could become mandatory?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Private sector raise could become mandatory? 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