Egypt’s Employment Law Addresses Deliberate Cheating in Drug Tests

Egypt’s Law No. 73 of 2021 sets out penalties for deliberately cheating in employee drug tests, alongside rules requiring the dismissal of employees whose final test results confirm drug use.

The law governs the conditions for appointment to jobs or continued employment. Drug testing forms part of its provisions on whether an employee can remain in service.

Under those provisions, an employee’s service is terminated if the final analysis confirms that their sample is positive for drug use. The requirement concerns the final result, rather than an initial screening result alone.

The law also addresses intentional fraud in the testing process as a separate violation. The available summary identifies deliberate cheating as punishable but does not specify the penalty imposed for it.