- MTK LAW FIRM has extensive experience providing specialized and attentive labor and employment law advice and litigation services, tailored to the circumstances of each client. Egypt can be a challenging environment for employers in regard to labor issues, MTK LAW FIRM's expertise in this area allows us to provide practical advice and solutions to even the most complex labor and employment matters.
General Corporate Labor Compliance
- Our labor and employment attorneys regularly advise clients in regard to the establishment and amendment of work rules and regulations, the interrelationship between these rules, employment contracts, and the Egyptian labor laws, mandatory and voluntary employee benefit programs such as pension plans and social insurance, employee union issues and disputes including collective bargaining, demotions, internal transfers and external secondments, work-related accidents or harassment (sexual and otherwise), Labor Relations Commission proceedings, employee immigration issues, and income tax issues relating to employee compensation.
- Egyptian labor laws are undergoing fairly rapid changes in recent years and our labor and employment attorneys assist companies in maintaining compliance with all applicable labor laws and regulations.
Retirement Allowance and Pension Issues
- Companies in Egypt are currently experiencing very rapid and drastic changes in the retirement allowance and pension plan systems they have been utilizing for many years. Our labor and employment attorneys are always ready to assist Egyptian and non-Egyptian clients alike in advising on the best ways to utilize and implement the new laws for their employees in Egypt.
Managing Labor and Employment Issues for Personnel
- Based on years of experience, our labor lawyers have come to understand that although compliance with the Egyptian labor and employment laws and regulations are important, it is also important for companies in Egypt to efficiently manage labor and employment issues for their personnel. More specifically, it is often advisable to provide personnel management advice in conjunction with labor and employment law advice. By doing so at an earlier stage, clients frequently save substantial energy, time and cost. Our labor and employment attorneys are sensitive to the importance of managing labor and employment issues for company personnel, keeping in mind legal, regulatory and business considerations.
Related Labor and Employment Issues
- We also regularly advise clients in regard to labor and employment issues arising in the course of mergers and acquisitions, business transfers, corporate splits and other restructurings, and other transactional matters, including in regard to labor issues planning, performing labor and employment due diligence, advising regarding statutory requirements, employee reductions, union issues and negotiation, management-employee communications and the labor risks inherent to transactional issues.
Employment Reduction and Termination Matters
- We have broad experience in the full range of employment policies and procedures, including the drafting and review of employment contracts and other documents that affect the employment relationship, as well as advising on the institution of general workplace policies and procedures.
- As a key portion of our practice, we regularly advise clients in regard to employee reductions and dismissals, including both voluntary separations and unilateral terminations by the company. We counsel our clients from the initial planning stages, through to communications with targeted employees, negotiation of voluntary separation packages, procedures for unilateral dismissals, and the preparation of related documentation such as communications on behalf of the firm or the drafting of separation agreements.
Labor and Employment-Related Dispute Resolution and Litigation
- Our attorneys have extensive experience in labor and employment-related litigation, particularly in respect to claims of wrongful discharge and related compensation matters. However, we recognize that litigation is often not the most satisfactory way for our clients to efficiently resolve their employment disputes, and we have great expertise in advising and representing our clients in negotiation and mediation to settle disputes prior to a resort to the courts, in the most cost-efficient manner possible while achieving the goals of our clients. A primary focus of our labor and employment advising strategy is to emphasize and assist our clients in the development of effective personnel management strategies and to help our clients avoid costly litigation or other kinds of labor disputes.
Fixed or Finite Labor Agreements
- Another area of increasing importance in the Egyptian workplace relates to finite term labor, or “contract” employees. As the Egyptian workforce becomes more diversified, such alternative forms of hiring arrangements are coming to be viewed more favorably. Recently, certain restrictions in regard to such employees were loosened, and it is likely such hiring arrangements will be even more commonplace in the future. MTK LAW FIRM's labor and employment attorneys are well versed in the employment issues relating to alternative hiring arrangements, and follow the changes and new developments in law that may impact the operations of our clients.
Executive Service Agreements
- In addition to employee issues, our attorneys are experienced in matters related to company executives, including executive service agreements and executive separation agreements.