Employers are also entitled to employ workers on this day if work conditions so require. In this case, the worker is entitled, in addition to his or her wage for that day, to double that wage.
The Ministry issued Circular No. 9 of 2025 regarding
granting workers subject to the provisions of Labor Law No. 12 of 2003 paid
official leave on the occasion of Labor Day. Accordingly, the heads of the
central departments in the Ministry’s office and the directors of the labor
directorates - each within the limits of their jurisdiction - are committed to
working to disseminate the provisions of this circular in work and production
sites to work in accordance with it, and to be alert about putting its
provisions into practice.
This circular is in implementation of Article 52 of
Labor Law No. 12 of 2003, which states: "Private sector workers are
entitled to fully paid leave for official holidays and occasions determined by
a decision issued by the Minister of Labor." This is in light of the
issuance of Decision No. 49 of 2009 by the Minister of Manpower and Immigration
regarding the determination of the holidays that are considered leave with full
pay for workers.
Gobran, extended his sincere congratulations to the workers of Egypt, and the builders of the new republic, praying to God to bring this occasion back to Egypt, with goodness, more development, and prosperity under the leadership of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.