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Opinion| Why are millions of workers quitting, and what is the cost of this trend?
Employee experiences in the workplace are driving millions of workers to quit. Toxic work culture has been shown to be 10 times more plausible than compensation at explaining why people are choosing to walk away from their jobs. New factors are emerging to substantially improve the understanding of employee-employer separation beyond traditional thinking.

Egypt’s Al-Sisi applauds workers’ efforts in development process
‘Egyptian citizens are real heroes who made government’s economic reform programme a success,’ says Al-Sisi

Egypt provides EGP 317m in aid for 275k workers affected by COVID-19
Financial aid is implementation of presidential directives to disburse regular workers’ salaries in sectors affected by virus

Al-Sisi briefed on COVID-19 updates, stresses on protecting healthcare workers
Egypt records 1,455 new cases, 36 new deaths, raising country’s total infections to 38,284

Manpower Ministry disburses EGP 171m emergency aid to tourism workers
Workers at 1,530 tourism establishments affected by COVID-19 receive aid to protect tourism sector labour force

Tourism workers at 1,380 facilities receive over EGP 163m emergency aid
Aid represents 100% of basic wages for workers affected by COVID-19

Environment Ministry allocates EGP 29m to waste workers in 4 governorates
NSWMP to develop municipal solid waste system, raise efficiency in selected governorates

We are helping repatriated Egyptian workers join national projects: Makram
About 12,000 stranded Egyptians have arrived home on 70 flights since late April, says Civil Aviation Ministry source

Manpower Ministry disburses EGP 57m in aid to 48,000 tourism workers
Up to 3,800 tourist establishments apply for emergency aid: Minister of Manpower

Landmark Sabbour partners with Ahl Masr Foundation to support healthcare workers
Landmark will offer protective clothing to medical staff at Al-Qasr Al-Eini, El-Demerdash hospitals

Egypt considers new fund supporting tourism workers in times of crisis
The ministry said the lack of information prevents many workers from getting their full rights, whilst also preventing financial support from arriving to those who deserve it, especially during crises.

13% of Egypt’s coronavirus infections amongst healthcare workers: WHO
In a press conference on Monday, Jabbour added that 13% of Egypt’s coronavirus infections are amongst healthcare workers.

Prioritising, protecting healthcare workers is critical: WB
20% of Italy’s healthcare workers contracted coronavirus, says Araujo

Female domestic workers stuck between rock and hard place
“I only have two options. If I stayed at home, I will die of hunger. If I went out, I might die of disease,” says day labourer

Tourism Ministry allocates hotline for sector workers’, tourists’ inquiries
Al-Assi said that calls can be made all the week, even during holidays, from 9:00 to 17:00.

Government announces measures to protect construction workers from COVID-19 spread
Companies which want to continue, or halt operating have to commit to state preventive measures, the PM said

Chinese projects’ workers at NAC clear from COVID-19: Ambassador
Social media reports on hantavirus groundless and irresponsible, ambassador Liao Li Qiang said

Calls to halt construction activities to protect workers from COVID-19
Moreover, contractors have thousands of labourers who need to work to secure appropriate income and it would be the companies’ responsibility to pay them regularly even if they were forced to reduce working hours or days.

Shuaa continues reading electricity meters while taking precautions for workers
Mohamed Saad, the company president, told Daily News Egypt that Shuaa will provide its employees with gloves, disinfectants, and wipes for use during their work, stressing that the company will not lay off workers since no bills can be issued with meter reading.

Benban Solar Complex workers undergo coronavirus testing
The sources pointed out that those representatives have limited their visits to all project sites since the government announced first cases of coronavirus about a month ago.

Trade unions give workers strength when fall in confrontation with employers: ILO
Many projects on ground support women to break through glass ceiling, bridge gender gap, says Karen Curtis

70.8 % of paid workers in Egypt are permanent workers in 2018 : CAPMAS
“Participation rate in economic activity (Labour force according to the population of 15 years and above) reached 43.3% of total Egyptian population in 2018,” CAPMAS revealed.

Anticipated NGOs law likely to introduce more freedoms to civil society workers
New draft law was prepared after dropping amendment to current law, says Ghada Wally

Are workers at risk of being completely replaced by machines?
Over six million workers fear being replaced by more efficient robots with little pay

Banks turn to companies with temporary workers to promote Aman certificate
Certificate proceeds from NBE, ABE amounted to EGP 16m in first week

Parliament speaker warns against organising strikes, protests
Comments came during discussion of National Cement Company where 1,600 workers are on strike

Social Solidarity Ministry to fund Al-Sisi initiative for temporary workers insurance
Capital allocations for Al-Sisi’s initiative on temporary workers insurance is under study, say MPs

Parliament’s labour committee asks 6 ministries to provide health insurance for temporary workers: MP
Meetings with 6 ministries to lay out strategy to provide insurance to seasonal labourers

18,061 social housing units offered for workers abroad in 11 governorates
The Ministry of Housing announced offering 18,061 units, as part of its social housing project, for Egyptians working abroad in 11 governorates, at prices ranging from EGP 175,000 to EGP 250,000, to be paid in dollars. Mai Abdel Hamid, head of the Mortgage Finance Fund (MFF), said, at a press conference held by the ministry …

Thousands of workers strike at Mahalla textile factory
Workers demand the newly issued 10% bounce as well as late payments