Egypt declares 23 July Revolution anniversary holiday for private sector
Egypt's Minister of Labour Hassan Raddad announced that Thursday, 23 July 2026, will be an official paid holiday…
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Egypt disburses EGP2.538b in worker assistance across 3,999 establishments
Egypt’s Emergency Workers’ Relief Fund disbursed 2.538 billion Egyptian pounds in assistance to workers across…
EU proposes €2.7m aid for laid-off Match-Smatch workers
The European Commission proposed on Monday €2.7 million in support for 365 workers laid off by Belgian retail chain…
Alphabet’s Google faces employee petition to end tech sales to police
More than 1,600 workers at Alphabet Inc are petitioning its Google unit to stop selling email and other services to…
Amazon to use AI tech in its warehouses to enforce social distancing
Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday launched an artificial intelligence-based tracking system to enforce social distancing at…
Egypt operates 17 flights to bring home workers from Kuwait
Egypt's Minister of Manpower Mohamed Saafan received an urgent report from the Labor Representation Office at the…
President Sisi salutes Egyptian workers on Labour Day
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has lauded the efforts of Egyptian workers on Labour Day, describing them…
Saudi MODON plans for staying of workers on factory premises
Plans are afoot to grant factories licenses for housing workers inside the factory premises to ensure continuous…
Remittances from Egyptian expats rise to $25.5 bln in 2018
Egypt’s remittances from workers abroad rose 3.1 percent to around $25.5 billion in 2018, the central bank said on…
Egypt allocates 24bn pounds to develop textile sector, cotton industry
The Egyptian government has set the total value of a plan to modernize the state-owned textile sector at LE24…
Egypt’s unemployment rate falls 9.9% in Q2
Egypt's unemployment rate dropped to 9.9 percent in the second quarter of 2018 compared to 10.6 percent in the…
Remittances of Egyptians in Jordan reach $80 mln in January
The Ministry of Manpower and Immigration said on Saturday that the total remittances of Egyptians working in…
Egypt’s contractors pay off 8 bln pounds social insurance for irregular employment
Contracting firms in Egypt have fully paid off social insurance fees worth around 8 billion Egyptian pounds ($450.1…
Egypt opens Rafah border crossing for Palestinians in both directions
Egyptian authorities on Saturday opened the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza in both directions to…
Two dead, four injured as two buildings collapse in north Cairo
Two people were killed and four others injured in the collapse of two buildings in north Cairo's Rod El-Farg…
Trump vows tax plan to boost economy; poll cites views on wealthy
President Donald Trump on Wednesday told workers that they would win under his tax plan, saying it would help the…
Two dead, children trapped after quake hits Italy holiday island
A magnitude-4.0 earthquake struck the Italian holiday island of Ischia, causing destruction that left two people…
Lebanese president signs public sector pay rise and tax hike laws
Lebanese President Michel Aoun signed off on public sector wage increases and related tax hikes on Monday, the…
Reporters, aid workers may travel to North Korea despite ban: US
Journalists and humanitarian workers may apply for exceptions to a new ban on U.S. citizens' travel to North…
Trump takes second crack at a pivot next week with apprentice push
U.S. President Donald Trump, who became a reality television star with a show called "The Apprentice," will spend a…
Trump to seek changes in visa programme to encourage hiring Americans
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday will sign an executive order directing federal agencies to recommend changes…
Trump’s Supreme Court nominee to face senators in marathon hearing
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will face tough scrutiny at his Senate confirmation hearing starting on…
40 killed in Syria’s Damascus bombing targeting Shi’ites: ministry
A double bomb attack targeting Shi'ite pilgrims in Damascus killed at least 40 Iraqis and wounded 120 more who were…
Syria’s civil activists demand talks on political transition, ceasefire monitoring
Syrian activists called on Sunday for the Assad government to engage in serious talks on political transition and…
Somali hotel blast attack kills 28 – Ambulance staff
Ambulance workers in the Somali capital Mogadishu told the BBC they have counted 28 dead bodies at a hotel…
Terrorist attack in Egypt results in death of 5 police workers
According to Masrawy news outlet, the law enforcement workers were attacked on Sunday evening when they were about…
Qatari authorities to deport Egyptian workers found with banned medications
A number of Egyptian workers travelling to Qatar have been detained at Doha international airport for being found…
Families of Egyptians kidnapped in Libya call on Sisi to end their crisis
The families of Egyptian workers reportedly kidnapped in Libya staged a protest on Saturday at the Cairo…
Florida airport shooting suspect appears in court
A 26-year-old Iraq war veteran suspected of opening fire in a crowded Florida airport last week has appeared in…
Sisi ratifies media syndicate law after parliament’s approval
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi issued on Tuesday a law creating an audio-visual media workers syndicate for the…
Scores killed as train derails near Kanpur, India
Sixty three people have been killed after 14 carriages of an Indian express train derailed in northern Uttar…
VW says more than 25,000 workers, six plants hit by production problems
Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) on Monday said production at six plants was impacted by interruptions with more than 25,000…
Militants attack two energy plants in north Iraq, kill at least four
Militants stormed two energy facilities in northern Iraq on Sunday, shooting at least four workers and detonating…
Starbucks to hike wages for U.S. workers in October
Starbucks Corp will raise wages of all workers in its U.S. stores this year, days after being accused by employees…
Microsoft opposes U.S. labor board ruling on contract worker rights
Microsoft Corp has asked a federal court to throw out a ruling by a U.S. labor board extending the responsibility…
Uber deal shows divide in labor’s drive for role in ‘gig economy’
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers trumpeted an agreement reached earlier this month…
Oil price’s decline weighs on global stock markets
Stocks fell around the world on Wednesday as the price of crude declined after a strike by Kuwaiti oil workers…
Crude futures fall after Kuwaiti oil workers end strike
Crude futures fell on Wednesday after Kuwaiti oil workers ended a three-day strike that had cut the nation's crude…
Construction giant Dewalt unveils a heavy-duty smartphone
Construction giant Dewalt has entered the smartphone market with a tough Android-powered handset designed for…
Egypt secures release of 43 citizens in Saudi Arabia
The Egyptian consulate in Riyadh announced on Tuesday that it secured the release of 43 Egyptians detained for…