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Egyptian labor advocacy groups are not too happy with the proposed Labor Act currently being discussed by the House of Representatives and will be drafting a memo for MPs with their objections, Al Mal said on Wednesday<\/a>. The Labor Act is meant to outlaw discrimination in the workplace and strike a balance between the needs of workers and employers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egyptian labor advocacy groups are not too happy with the proposed Labor Act currently being discussed by the House of Representatives and will be drafting a memo for MPs with their objections, Al Mal said on Wednesday. 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