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United Bank workers protested because of the list of sanctions
Land center has received dozens of complaints from workers in the united bank who described their harm from the acts of the officials of Directorate of Manpower and Immigration in Cairo, the workforce of the west of Cairo and the work Office attached to the United Bank, on 26/10/2009, where they prepared and adopted the regulation of the Statute and disciplinary sanctions for United bank workers without the consent of the syndicate organization, without agreement of employees and failure to notify the Administrative Prosecution Authority to adopt the Rules of sanctions, and in violation of the law No. 19 of 1959.
It has been revealed that workforce lacks jurisdiction to adopt the Rules of the Statute and disciplinary sanctions, in a violation to public order and the provisions of the law.
Because the bank is owned, in 99.8%, to the state, with a capital of the Central Bank, where all resolutions of the Central Bank are applied to it, and it lies under the entire authority of the state, so the Administrative Public Prosecution and the Administrative Tribunal Courts has the only jurisdiction of investigation with other employees and disciplining them, according to provisions of the law.
In addition, the Central Bank of Egypt is competent to prepare and adopt the list of basic system of ministries and public business sector companies subordinated to it.
The Center believes that the adoption of workforce regulation, by officials in Cairo, is an infringement to the rights of workers, and violation to the competence of the Administrative Prosecution Authority and Disciplinary Tribunal of the State Council, because they are the only bodies entitled to investigate with and discipline the staff.
Those resolutions are considered, also, as a violation to provisions of the law, infringement to concepts of justice and equality, and violation to the Egyptian Constitution No. (64/67/172), which ensure equality and justice.
And confirms the jurisdiction of the Administrative Prosecution Authority as the only one that is investigating the workers and issued sanctions to discipline in accordance with the rule of the third paragraph of Article I of the Act No. 19 of 59 on the grounds of the United Bank is one of the Egyptian joint stock companies, as they apply to the provisions of the workers the Labor Law No. 12 of 2003
It is worth mentioning that the center had filed a complaint No. 9351, of 64 judicial year, before the Administrative Court in order to stop, urge for the abolition and invalidity of the list of disciplinary sanctions for workers in the united bank, because of its violation to the law and jurisdiction.
The Center calls the Prime Minister and Chairman of the Central Bank to cancel and null the list of the Statutes of the sanctions, dated 26/10/2009, for lack of jurisdiction of the Ministry of Manpower, as mentioned, and contrary to the provisions of the law.
The center also calls for the abolition of the resolution of the President of the United Bank to deprive workers from the rewards given to them in the seasons and religious festivals and events, and to protect the rights of workers in a decent opportunity to work and live in dignity and safety.
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