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Egypt denies extending public servants’ remote work Sundays till end of September

August 31, 2023 at 8:52 am

A general view of the Cabinet headquarters, ahead of the first meeting, in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital, some 45 kilometres east of Cairo, on December 23, 2021 [SELMAN ELOTEFY/AFP via Getty Images]

The Egyptian Cabinet has dismissed reports that civil servants’ will continue to be asked to work remotely on Sundays until the end of September.

In a statement released yesterday, the Cabinet said remote working had only been agreed upon until the end of August only and there is no intention to extend.

The statement called on civil servants to only rely on information that they obtain from official sources and not to be misled by false news.

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