Middle East and Africa Legal Update Q2 2024

This report is a comprehensive round up of the legal developments affecting the workforce solutions ecosystem across the Middle East and Africa in Q2 2024.

Important legal developments this quarter include new minimum wage and labour reform in Egypt; Nigeria suspends the new Expatriate Employee Levy; and changes to UAE employers contributions to pensions.

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Fiona Coombe

| June 28, 2024

The Analyst

Fiona Coombe

Director, Legal & Regulatory Research

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Fiona Coombe is director of legal and regulatory research at Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA). She is responsible for quarterly regional legal updates on the latest, significant legal developments for staffing firms and buyers in Asia Pacific (APAC), Europe, the Middle East & Africa (EMEA), Latin America and North America. Coombe also provides research and analysis into specific issues of compliance and risk impacting the workforce environment in all regions. Coombe qualified as a lawyer in the United Kingdom in 1987 and worked in private practice for 11 years before joining the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) in 1998. For 10 years she managed the legal services provided to 13,000 staffing industry members. In the four years prior to joining SIA, Coombe ran her own business providing legal consultancy services and compliance training for staffing businesses across the United Kingdom. She is a certified contingent workforce professional (CCWP).