Author(s): Shady Mohamed Arafa Hegazy
The Egyptian and Saudi Systems administer the concept of public posts. According to these systems, public employees are the privileged class in society because of the privileges they enjoy from the public authority. These are subjected to a general legal jurisprudential theory and bylaws that differentiate it from employment in the private sector and prohibits working with commerce, politics, and other professions. The Egyptian and Saudi Laws regulate these with bylaws and regulations, which include peremptory provisions and severe penalties for violating these laws. Among the manifestations of the law's enrolment in these two systems of the public post is the legal guarantee to maintain its consideration and respect is that the employee devotes himself to his work only. However, due to the recent developments that the two systems are going through, the importance of combining the public post with commerce, politics, and other professions has been realized. Therefore, the provisions governing prohibition have been amended. It has been permitted partially or entirely, by practicing other professions besides working in a public post, but within specific controls. Moreover, in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, some jobs are not considered as commerce work while combining with the public post. It is recommended to the Egyptian and Saudi legislators to expedite the issuing of rules that include more details of the jobs that a public employee can perform along with his public job. It must include strict control to ensure that there is no negative impact on public employee performance in his public job.