Court Orders Misr Helwan for Spinning and Weaving to Compensate a Female Worker and Annuls Arbitrary Deprivation of Incentive
The Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR) obtained a judgment from the Helwan Labor Court annulling Disciplinary Decision No. 41 of 2025, which imposed a sanction depriving the worker, Samah M. S., of her incentive for a period of six months. The decision had been issued by Misr Helwan for Spinning and Weaving Company. The court further ordered the company to pay compensation in the amount of EGP 10,000 for both material and moral damages sustained by the claimant as a result of the contested decision.
The facts of the case, registered under Case No. 725 of 2025 (Helwan Labor), date back to the claimant’s employment with El-Nasr for Spinning, Weaving, and Tricot (Shorbagy) Company in Imbaba, Giza. This entity is currently one of the branches of the defendant company following the merger of El-Nasr Company into Misr Helwan for Spinning and Weaving. The claimant was employed under an employment contract as a Third-Grade Quality Control Technician as of 23 October 2007, and she received a gross monthly wage of EGP 3,250.
The claimant is also an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Trade Union Committee for the workers of El-Nasr for Spinning, Weaving, and Tricot (Shorbagy), for the 2022–2026 trade union term, pursuant to Minister of Manpower Decree No. 107 of 2022, published in Issue No. 146 (Supplement) of the Official Gazette (Al-Waqa’i’ Al-Misriya) dated 29 June 2022.
Following the trade union elections, disputes and personal animosities arose on the part of certain candidates who failed to obtain the support of the General Assembly, as well as certain union and security officials within the company. These parties sought to marginalize and remove the claimant from her position. However, the election results thwarted their efforts, prompting retaliatory actions against her through false allegations and the fabrication of unfounded and unlawful accusations.
In this context, the claimant was referred to an investigation without legal basis. She was subsequently surprised by the issuance of Administrative Decision No. 41 of 2025, dated 7 May 2025, imposing an administrative penalty depriving her of her incentive for a period of six months, despite the absence of any misconduct on her part that would justify such a sanction, and in clear violation of the provisions of the Labor Law.
After exhausting all amicable remedies to annul the arbitrary decision, and in light of the defendant company’s refusal to respond or to comply with applicable laws and internal regulations, the claimant was compelled to resort to judicial proceedings to assert her legal rights.
Upon consideration of the case, the court, in its session held on 27 November 2025, rendered its judgment annulling the disciplinary decision depriving the claimant of her incentive for six months as set forth in Decision No. 41 of 2025, together with all legal consequences arising therefrom. The court further ordered the defendant, in its legal capacity, to pay the claimant EGP 10,000 as compensation for material and moral harm suffered as a result of the contested decision.
