- Egypt: The Unified Labour Law (Law 12 of 2003) provides comprehensive guidelines on labour relations, including hiring, working hours, termination of employees, training, health, and safety. The law grants a qualified right for employees to strike, as well as rules and guidelines governing mediation, arbitration, and collective bargaining between employees and employers. Non-discrimination clauses are also included, and the law complies with labour-related International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions regulating the employment and training of women and eligible children (Egypt ratified ILO Convention 182 on combating the Worst Forms of Child Labour in April 2002). The law also created a national committee to formulate general labour policies and the National Wage Council, which discusses wage-related issues and national minimum-wage policy.