The draft Labor Act (which got the Senate’s final nod yesterday) dominated coverage on the airwaves. The Senate approved an article that would give new fathers one day of paternity leave for the day of birth, after it had earlier struck down the initial proposal to allow them seven days of leave, Senate member Mohamed El Sebaie said in a phone call with Al Hayah Al Youm’s Lobna Assal (watch, runtime: 8:59). Senate Energy, Environment, and Manpower Committee head Abdel Khalek Ayad addressed criticism over the shortened paternity leave in a call with El Hekaya’s Amr Adib (watch, runtime: 8:49), arguing that the minimum requirement can be expanded by employers on a case by case basis. We have an explainer on the bill’s finer points here.

New measures to prevent illegal building on public land also got airtime: The government will use satellite technology to track and automatically report illegal building in governorates via a central operating room that could be up and running within months, the Agriculture Ministry’s head of agricultural services and follow-up, Abbas El Shenawy, told Kelma Akhira’s Lamees El Hadidi (watch, runtime: 9:36).

Meanwhile, last week’s discussions on the so-called old-rent law and the Real Estate Registry Act continued on Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 32:39).