Easily manage employment in Egypt

Employees are entitled to 15 days of paid leave in their first year of service, increasing to 21 days from the second year. After 10 years of service or upon reaching the age of 50, the entitlement rises to 30 days.

There are 14 public holidays during which employees are entitled to paid time off work. If required to work on a public holiday, employees are entitled to three times their regular wage.

Employees are entitled to 180 days of paid sick leave annually, compensated at 75% of the employee’s normal wages for the first 90 days of the illness and at 80% for the next 90 days.

Female employees are entitled to four months of paid maternity leave, with at least 45 days taken after childbirth. This leave can be taken up to three times during their employment and there is no minimum service period required to qualify for maternity leave.

Fathers are entitled to one day of paid emergency leave, up to three times during their employment, to attend to urgent family matters. 

Egyptian labor law demands that employers honor any study leave agreements made during collective bargaining but doesn’t specify duration or circumstances.

• Adoption: Adoptive parents are entitled to 15 days of leave, from the day their child is handed over to their legal custody.
• Casual leave: Employees can take up to six days of casual leave annually, in installments of two days at a time, which will be subtracted from the employee’s annual leave entitlement.
• Pilgrimage leave: After spending five years with an employer, employees can request an entire month of fully paid pilgrimage leave, although only once during the employee’s tenure.
  
• Leave for persons with disabilities: 45 days. 
• Religious holidays: Non-Muslim employees are entitled to leave on their religious holidays, as recognized by their respective religious communities.