Duration of Probation
The probation labor contract should not exceed three months neither shall an employee be appointed under probation more than once.
A probation contract is a conditional labor contract, in case the employee proves unsuitable for the job during the allotted period; thus, allowing the employer to cancel the contract.
Dismissal & Termination
Article 69 of the Labor Law, lists the grounds under which an employee may be dismissed. An employee may not be dismissed until the matter is brought before a committee with judicial powers at the Ministry of Manpower and Migration. The committee shall decide the request for dismissal brought to it within (15) days from the date of the first session and its decision shall be final.
However, the employer may thereafter dismiss an employee and the employee retains the right to challenge the dismissal in court.
Egyptian Labor Courts retain discretion in reviewing an employment dismissal. Compensation awards may be granted to employees for wrongful dismissal on the basis of a review of the facts and circumstances of each case.
An employee is entitled to 60 days notice for dismissal if his period of service does not exceed 10 years and 90 days if that period exceeds 10 years. (Should the employer desire to dismiss the employee without giving him the relative notice period, the employee shall receive two or three months salary payment instead of such notice).
Court decisions have tended to award payments not less than the wage of two months' salary for each year of employment for wrongful dismissal. Throughout the notification period the labor contract shall remain ruling.
Grounds for legal termination without notice include the expiry of a fixed-term employment contract, retirement, resignation, death or the incapacity of the employee to perform the relevant job.
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