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Will Egypt's public sector get longer weekend?

The Egyptian government is considering adding Thursdays to the weekend for public sector employees.
Tourists are seen at a water park in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada, Egypt, August 16, 2016.  REUTERS/Gleb Garanich - D1BETYUPRQAA
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The Egyptian government is considering a proposal to reduce the number of working days for public sector employees. A committee was formed to study the proposal, and will be chaired by the head of the Central Agency for Organization and Administration (CAOA), Saleh El Sheikh, and board members representing the Ministry of Planning, Follow-up and Administrative Reform, the Administrative Control Authority and a representative from the parliament’s Legislative Affairs Secretariat.

In an Aug. 15 statement to Al-Youm Al-Sabeh newspaper, Sheikh stressed that the “committee will consider the proposals of all government stakeholders with regard to the decision,” noting that “the committee has addressed all ministers to gauge their opinion on the matter. It also touched on the decision details with the Holding Company for Water and Waste Water and the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company to determine the costs and expenses of running the administrative departments throughout the fiscal year, and to identify the months, days and hours of work in order to assess the situation in case of reduced working hours.”

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