Court Orders “El-Saeed Contracting” to Compensate Arbitrarily Dismissed Worker with Over EGP 400,000
On 30 July 2025, the 22nd Labor Division of the North Cairo Primary Court ordered El-Saeed General Contracting and Real Estate Investment Company to compensate employee Essam A. I. with EGP 250,000 for arbitrary dismissal, EGP 50,000 for moral damages, EGP 84,000 as notice pay, and EGP 27,441.30 as the cash equivalent of his accrued but unused annual leave of 291 days, bringing the total award to EGP 411,441.30.
In the same judgment, issued in Cases Nos. 1502 and 996 of 2024, the Court further compelled the company to return all documents and records belonging to the claimant and to issue him a certificate of employment. The Court dismissed the company’s counterclaim (Case No. 996 of 2024), in which it sought to impose a disciplinary penalty of dismissal on the worker, and ordered the company to bear litigation costs and attorney’s fees.
The dispute originated in 2024, when the claimant brought an action contesting his wrongful termination. He stated that he had joined the company in May 2011 as a Fourth-Class Implementation Technician with a monthly salary of EGP 2,800, and was enrolled under social insurance number (025668470). He asserted that he performed his duties diligently and complied with management instructions. Nonetheless, in July 2022, the company decided to transfer him to Assiut Governorate, which he accepted despite the associated hardships. He continued working there for a considerable period without adequate rest, with working hours exceeding the statutory limit, in addition to being assigned extra tasks. Consequently, he filed a complaint before the Labor Office (No. 137 of 2022).
When conciliation efforts failed, the matter was referred to the North Cairo Primary Court (Labor Division) and registered under Case No. 6031 of 2022 (Labor, Full Jurisdiction). In February 2023, the Court ordered his reinstatement and dismissed the company’s claims. Both parties appealed before the Court of Appeal (Appeal Nos. 1558 and 1761 of Judicial Year 27), which upheld the lower court’s ruling in January 2024.
Nevertheless, the company refused to comply with the judgment and, in February 2024, served him with a dismissal notice for alleged absenteeism before he was able to obtain an enforceable copy of the judgment. This prompted him to submit fresh complaints to the Labor Office and to send telegrams documenting that he had been prevented from resuming his work.
Accordingly, he filed a new lawsuit, registered under Case No. 1502 of 2024 before the North Cairo Primary Court, while the company initiated a counterclaim under Case No. 996 of 2024 seeking his dismissal. The Court consolidated the two cases and, in its session of 30 July 2025, rendered the aforementioned judgment.
