Leave salary

Entitlement

Employees are entitled to a fully paid annual leave of:

30 days, if they have completed one year of service and

2 days per month, if they have completed six months of service, but not one year.

Note that if the employee’s service is ended before he used his annual leave
balance, he will get leave for the fraction of the last year of service.

Part-time employees are entitled to annual leave according to the actual working
hours they spent at work, as specified in the employment contract, and in
accordance with the ‘Executive Regulations of the Labour Law’- Available in Arabic
only- (PDF, 10.9 MB).

Rules regarding using annual leaves

Employees must use their leaves in the year of entitlement. The employer may, in
agreement with the employee set the dates of leave according to the work
requirements. Employer must notify the employee of the date of the leave at least
one month in advance.
The employee may, with the consent of the employer, and in accordance with
company’s regulations, carry over his annual leave balance to the next year. In
this case, the employee will be entitled to be paid for the days he/she worked
during the annual leave. The payment is calculated according to the basic salary.
The employer may not prevent the employee from using his accrued annual leave for
more than two years. On termination of employment, any accrued leaves will be
calculated on basic salary only.
The calculation of the duration of annual leave will include official holidays
specified by law or by agreement, and any other leaves caused by sickness if they
fall within the annual leave unless the employment contract or the company’s
regulations have other provisions.

Note :- Under the circumstances where an employee worked throughout all or portion
of his/her annual leave, and if these days are not carried forward to the next
year, the employer must pay the employee his/her regular compensation plus the
payment in favor of leave, for the days actually worked.