Court Orders Artistic Production Company to Compensate Employee with Approximately EGP 150,000 for Arbitrary Dismissal
The North Giza Court of First Instance, in Case No. 590 of 2025, ruled that Magic Artistic Production Company shall pay compensation to an employee in the amount of EGP 148,000 for arbitrary dismissal, notice-period compensation, and accrued annual leave entitlements, in addition to interest at a rate of 4%, and further ordered the company to provide the employee with a certificate of employment.
The facts of the case, filed by the Center on behalf of “Ramag A.N.,” date back to 2025. The claimant had commenced employment with Magic Artistic Production Company on 1 March 2021 in the position of video editor under an open-ended employment contract and was receiving a monthly salary of EGP 10,000.
On 1 July 2025, the claimant was unexpectedly prevented by the company’s security personnel from entering her workplace and was verbally informed that her employment had been terminated without the provision of any lawful or legitimate justification for such action, in violation of the provisions of the Egyptian Labor Law.
As a result, on 2 July 2025, the claimant reported the incident to the Agouza Police Station, where she filed an official incident report documenting her prevention from accessing her workplace. On the same date, she also submitted a complaint to the Labor Office, asserting that she had been arbitrarily dismissed without lawful grounds.
The claimant undertook efforts to persuade the company to reverse its decision or, at minimum, disclose the reasons underlying her dismissal; however, such efforts proved unsuccessful due to the intransigence of the defendant company. Following the failure of amicable settlement proceedings before the Labor Office, the complaint was referred to the competent Labor Court for adjudication of her legal entitlements. The case was registered under No. 590 of 2025 before the Second Labor Circuit, and during the hearing held on 23 April 2026, the Court issued the aforementioned judgment.
