قانون العمل المصري الجديد بالإنجليزية

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Any condition or agreement that contravenes the provisions of this Law, even if it predates its entry into force, shall be void if it involves a derogation from the rights of the worker established herein, or a release from the worker's rights arising from the employment contract during its term or within three months from the date of its termination.

Any better benefits or conditions that are established, or come to be established, in individual or collective employment contracts, in the bylaws or other regulations of the establishment, or by custom, shall continue to apply.

This shall also apply in the event of a change in the legal form of the establishment or a transfer of its ownership.

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The employer shall draw up the employment contract in writing, in Arabic, in four copies: the employer shall keep one copy, one copy shall be handed to the worker, the third shall be deposited with the competent social insurance office, and the fourth with the competent administrative authority.

If the worker is a foreigner who does not have a good command of Arabic, the employment contract may be drawn up in Arabic and in the worker's language; in the event of a difference in interpretation, the employment contract drawn up in Arabic shall prevail.

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The probation period in the employment contract shall be set for a period not exceeding three months.

A worker may not be employed on probation more than once by the same employer.

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(Article 156) Without prejudice to the provisions of Article (165) of this Law, if the employment contract is of indefinite duration, either party may terminate it, provided that it notifies the other party in writing three months before the termination.

(Article 161) No agreement may be made to waive the notice requirement or to reduce its period, but it may be agreed to extend that period. The employer may exempt the worker from observing all or part of the notice period where the contract is terminated by the worker.

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If the employer terminates a contract of indefinite duration for an unlawful reason, the worker shall be entitled to compensation for the harm suffered as a result of such termination, of not less than two months' wage for each year of service, without prejudice to the worker's right to claim the remaining rights established by law. The following shall be deemed unlawful reasons:

(1) the worker's membership of a trade union organization or participation in trade union activity within the scope of this Law; (2) acting, or having acted, as a workers' representative, or seeking to do so; (3) filing a complaint or bringing an action against the employer, or taking part therein, in grievance against the employer's breach of laws, regulations or employment contracts; (4) the attachment of the worker's entitlements held by the employer; (5) the worker's exercise of the right to leave granted under this Law; (6) color, sex, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, religion or political opinion.

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A worker may submit a written resignation to the employer, provided that it is signed by the worker or the worker's special agent and certified by the competent administrative authority.

The worker's service shall end only by the decision accepting the resignation. The worker shall continue working until the employer decides on the resignation within ten days from the date of its submission, failing which it shall be deemed accepted upon the lapse of that period. The resigning worker or the worker's special agent may withdraw the resignation within ten days from the date on which the worker is notified of the employer's acceptance of the resignation, provided that the withdrawal is in writing and certified by the competent administrative authority, in which case the resignation shall be deemed never to have been submitted.

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For the period of work after the age of sixty, a worker shall be entitled to a bonus equal to half a month's wage for each of the first five years of service and one month's wage for each subsequent year, if the worker has no entitlements for that period under the old-age, disability and death insurance provisions of the aforementioned Social Insurance and Pensions Law.

This bonus shall be due to the apprentice and the worker, upon reaching that age, for years of service preceding the age of eighteen.

The bonus shall be calculated on the basis of the last wage received by the worker or the apprentice, as the case may be.

Where the bonus is due by reason of death, it shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned Social Insurance and Pensions Law.