:: SOCIAL INSURANCE
Employers must pay it to the Ministry of Social Insurance and Social Affairs on behalf of their Egyptian employees. Expatriate staff is not liable for social insurance. The contributions of employees are withheld by the employer from their salaries each month and together with the employer's contribution are sent to the Ministry no later than the second week of the following month.
The salaries and related benefits are divided, for social insurance purposes, into a basic salary and a variable element. The maximum insured sum at present is LE 575 for basic salary and LE 500 for the variable part.