A new Social Insurance and Pension Law No. 148 of /2019 was issued on 19/08/2019. Key features of the law include:
- Elimination of penalties involving the deprivation of liberty.
- Monetary penalties—fines— are reduced, and the amount of the fine varies according to the offense committed. For example, the fine was reduced from LE 50,000 to LE 20,000; the LE 20,000 is set as the fine floor, and LE 100,000 the fine ceiling, if the offense is not repeated.
- Allowances are fully excluded from the calculation of the insurable earnings.