Egypt: Employment and HR

Enforcing non-compete agreements in Egypt follows a strict legal framework, so competition restrictions in employment contracts cannot be presumed valid.

Egypt's social insurance system establishes mandatory legal obligations for employers and employees to contribute to national social protection. The framework governs registration procedures, contribution calculations based on insurable wage limits, and compliance requirements enforced by the National Social Insurance Authority.

The social insurance system is established under Egyptian Social Insurance Law No. 148 of 2019 and is administered by the National Organization for Social Insurance (NOSI), which is the competent authority responsible for enforcing compliance across all covered categories. The system imposes mandatory obligations on employers, employees, and other insured categories to contribute to the national social insurance scheme based on prescribed insurable wage thresholds, which are periodically updated by ministerial decree.