* The employer may employ the worker on this day if the circumstances require it and he is entitled to double the wage . Hassan Shehata, Minister of Manpower, announced today, Thursday, that next Thursday, May 4, 2023, is a paid vacation for private sector workers on the occasion of May Day, in light of the issuance of Prime Minister's Decision No. 1544 of 2023, which includes determining Labor Day leave as an official paid vacation for employees in ministries, government interests, public bodies, local administration units, public sector companies, the public business sector and the private sector instead of the first Monday of May 2023, and in the framework of keenness to unify official vacation dates for all employees in various sectors of the state whenever possible extremely fulfilling the social and national of official holidays in Events and holidays . "Shehata" said that this leave is with full pay for the employees who are subject to law 12 of 2003, and the employer may employ the worker on this day if the working conditions require it, and the worker in this case is entitled In addition to his wages for these days equal to his daily wage .. On this occasion, the minister of manpower congratulates all Egyptian workers, stressing his full appreciation for their national role in making sacrifices and continuing the production process in building Egypt, advancing production and achieving comprehensive sustainable development in various sectors under the leadership of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi....According to a press release, the ministry issued a periodic book to the manpower directorates in the governorates signed by Khalid Abu Bakr, head of the Central Manpower Welfare Department, and Dr. Hanan Ahmed Ali, director general of the General Directorate of Labor Relations at the ministry, in order to put the provisions into effect, and follow up the implementation of this leave at work sites and production facilities and companies.