Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Egypt (Ratification: 1954)

The Committee notes the Government's report. The Committee recalls that, for a number of years, it has been drawing the Government's attention to the need to amend section 87 of the Labour Code, as amended by Act No. 137 of 1981, which provides that any clause of a collective agreement which is liable to impair the economic interests of the country shall be null and void. The Committee had observed that such a requirement is liable to undermine the principle of voluntary negotiation contained in Article 4 of the Convention.

The Government states that this point has been taken into consideration in the formulation of the draft consolidated Labour Code, Book IV, Chapter III, which is devoted to collective labour agreements.

The Committee notes the Government's statement that it will provide a copy of the new Act as soon as it is adopted and promulgated and expresses the hope that it will be in full conformity with the provisions of Article 4.