This article provides a general overview of Egypt employment law and provides a discussion of the rules relating to the duration and termination of Egyptian employment contracts as well as other matters such as working time, annual leave, special conditions for female employees, redundancy and collective dismissal and obligations of the employer and employees. The article then provides a discussion of how secondment/outsourcing scenarios can be approached under the current Egyptian employment laws.

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