Exhibiting 6 days per year.. Learn about employee vacations and their duration by labor law

Text Labor law No. 12 of 2003 on the types of leave that employees are entitled to in different sectors, as well as the duration of each of them due. The “seventh day” in this report reviews what is stated in the labor law on holidays, namely:

1. Article 47:

The period of annual leave is 21 days with full pay for those who spent in the service for a full year, it is increased to 30 days when the worker spent in the service for 10 years with an employer or more, and the Leave is for 30 days per year for those over the age of fifty, and does not include in the calculation of leave days holidays and official occasions and weekly rest.

If the period of service of the worker is less than one year, he is entitled to leave in proportion to the period spent at work, provided that he has spent six months in the service of the employer.in all cases, the period of annual leave shall be increased by seven days for workers who work in difficult, dangerous or harmful work or in remote areas, which shall be determined by a decision of the competent minister following taking the opinion of the concerned authorities. subject to the provision of the second paragraph of Article (48) of this law, the worker may not take off his leave.

2. Article 48:

In all cases, the worker must receive an annual leave of 15 days, including at least six consecutive days.the employer is obliged to settle the Leave balance or the corresponding pay every 3 years. if the employment relationship ends before the worker has exhausted his annual leave balance, he is entitled to the corresponding pay. the Leave may not be divided, annexed or deferred for children.

3. Article 49:

The worker has the right to determine the date of his annual leave if he is an applicant to take the exam at one of the stages of education, provided that the employer is notified at least fifteen days before taking the Leave.

4. Article 50:

The employer may deprive the worker of his wages for the duration of the Leave, or recover his wages for it, if it is proved that he worked for another employer during this period, without prejudice to the disciplinary penalty.

5. Article 51:

The worker may be suspended from work for an incidental reason for a period not exceeding six days during the year and a maximum of two days at a time.

6. Article 52:

The worker has the right to leave with full pay on the holidays determined by a decision of the competent minister up to a maximum of thirteen days per year, and the employer may employ the worker on these days if the working conditions so require.

7. Article 53:

A worker who has served his employer for five consecutive years has the right to leave with full pay for a period of one month to perform Hajj or visit Jerusalem.

8. Article 54:

A worker who proves his illness shall have the right to sick leave determined by the competent medical authority, during which the worker shall be entitled to compensation for remuneration in accordance with the law on social insurance.a worker who proves his illness in industrial establishments in respect of which the provisions of articles 1.8 of Law No. 12 of 1958 concerning the organization and promotion of Industry apply, shall have the right to sick leave every three years to be spent in service on the basis of one month with full pay, then eight months with a wage equal to 75% of his wage and then three months without pay, if the competent medical authority decides that he may recover.

The worker may benefit from the annual leave freeze along with the sick leave he / she is entitled to, and may request that the sick leave be converted into annual leave if he / she has an allowance to do so.

9. Article 55:

Subject to Article (49) of this law, collective labor agreements or labor regulations of the establishment shall determine the conditions and conditions of paid study leave to be granted to workers.