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EGY-2012-L-93438
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Title_of_text
Law No. 97 of 2012 amending some provisions of Law No. 35 on Trade Unions.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Egypt
Subjects (Classification)
Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations
Adopted on (Date of text)
2012-11-24
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Section 1 repeals section 23 of Law No. 35 of 1976 on Trade Unions.
Section 2 amends and replaces Section 42 of Law No. 35, as follows:
"If one of the trade union board directors member reached the age of retirement or become disabled or for any other reason his seat became empty, the next candidate with the highest number of votes shall replace his seat.
The minister has the right to appoint board members of the trade union, if the minimum required number of members did not manage for any reason, to fill the vacant seats."
Section 3 provides that the election of the Egyptian Trade Union Federation is postponed for six months, or it could be held before the six months if the government issues a new Trade Union Law.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2012-11-25
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Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1976-05-01 (EGY-1976-L-13925)
Trade Union Act. No. 35.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation online in Arabic
Author
Eastlaws Database
Place of publication
Cario
Country
Egypt
URL
http://www.eastlaws.com/
Serial region
Serial title
Al-Jarida Al-Rasmiya
Date
2012-11-24
Number
No. 47 (A)
Page range
P. 2 - P.3