How is a lateness deduction calculated?

Divide basic monthly salary by monthly working hours to get the hourly rate, then multiply the minutes late ÷ 60 by that rate and by the multiplier in your workplace penalty rules. Many companies also deduct part of a day once lateness repeats.

What is the maximum deduction from salary per month in Egypt?

Under Article 143 of Labor Law No. 14 of 2025, a deduction for a single violation may not exceed five days of basic wage, and penalty deductions may not exceed five days' wage in any one month.

Can an employer deduct pay for lateness?

Deduction from basic pay is one of the disciplinary penalties listed in Article 139. It must follow the establishment's approved penalty rules, and only one penalty may be imposed per violation (Article 140).

Is unexcused absence treated differently from lateness?

Yes. An absent day is normally unpaid and may carry a penalty under the rules. Absence of more than twenty intermittent days or ten consecutive days in a year is handled by the law with conditions and a written warning (Article 166).

Lateness deduction calculator

Work out how much to deduct from an employee's salary for lateness this month: minutes docked at the hourly rate, a part-day deduction once lateness repeats, and the legal cap of five days' wage per month under Article 143 of Egypt's Labor Law No. 14 of 2025.

Calculate the deduction

Basic monthly salary (EGP) Working hours per month 208 = 8 hours × 26 days Total minutes late this month Number of late arrivals this month Daily wage (optional) Left blank, it is the hourly rate × 8.

Your company's late policy

Minute deduction multiplier 1 = a minute costs its own pay, 2 = double Warning on late arrival number Part-day deduction from late arrival number Fraction of a day per late arrival 0.5 = half a day

Hourly rate—

Late minutes deduction—

Repeated-lateness deduction—

Is a warning due?—

Monthly cap (5 days' wage)—

Was the cap applied?—

Total lateness deduction this month—

Doing this for the whole team every month?

Dawmly records each employee's late minutes automatically from their phone punch and applies the same policy (multiplier, warning and part-day deduction) on the payslip. Free for up to 3 employees.

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An estimate under Labor Law No. 14 of 2025, not legal advice. Deductions must follow an approved penalty policy at your establishment; check with your accountant or a qualified lawyer.

How a lateness deduction is calculated

Hourly rate = basic salary ÷ monthly working hours. Example: 6,000 ÷ 208 = EGP 28.85. An employee 90 minutes late over the month with a multiplier of 1 loses 28.85 × 1.5 = EGP 43.27.

If your policy also deducts half a day for each late arrival from the fourth, someone late five times loses one full day (half a day × 2) on top of the minutes.

The legal cap on deductions (Labor Law 2025)

Deduction from basic pay is one of the disciplinary penalties in Article 139. Article 143 says a deduction for one violation may not exceed five days' wage and penalty deductions may not exceed five days' wage in a single month, so the calculator caps the total at five days.

Only one penalty may be imposed per violation (Article 140), so do not combine a deduction with another financial penalty for the same lateness.

Practical rules for a fair late policy

Write the policy into your penalty rules and share it, set any grace period, warn before you deduct, and record arrival times with a tool that cannot be edited after the fact so every deduction can be proven. The Dawmly attendance app saves the time and location of every punch.

Sources

Labor Law No. 14 of 2025, full Arabic text (Manshurat), Articles 139, 140, 143 and 166