Actually working hours

Article (98) of the Labor Law stipulates the following: (The worker may not be actually employed for more than (8) hours per day, if the employer adopts the daily standard or more than (48) hours per week, if he adopts the weekly standard. The actual working hours during the month of Ramadan shall be reduced for Muslims, so that they do not exceed (6) hours per day, or (36) hours per week).

Article (99) of the Labor Law stipulates the following: (The working hours stipulated in Article (98) of this Law may be increased to nine hours per day for some categories of workers, or in some industries and jobs in which the worker does not work continuously, and may also be reduced to seven hours per day for some categories of workers or in some hazardous or harmful industries and works. The categories of workers and industries referred to shall be determined by a decision by the Minister.

Article (100) of the Labor Law (The employer may, with the approval of the Ministry, in establishments where the nature of work requires the performance of work in rotation, increase the working hours to 8 working hours per day and 40 hours per week, provided that the average working hours when calculated for a period of three weeks or less do not exceed 8 hours per day or 48 hours per week.

Article (107) of the Labor Law stipulates the following: 

The employer shall pay the worker an additional wage for overtime hours equivalent to the hourly wage plus 50% of his basic wage. The employer may, with the consent of the worker, calculate for the worker days of compensatory paid leave in lieu of the wage due to the worker for overtime hours. The regulation shall specify the relevant provisions.

 If the employment in the establishment is based on the weekly standard of working hours, the hours in excess of the hours taken for this standard shall be considered as additional working hours. 

All working hours performed on public holidays are considered as extra hours.

Article (113)
 stipulates that, taking into account the leaves of the working woman specified under this system, the worker shall be entitled to leave with full pay for a period of (5) days upon marriage or in the event of the death of his spouse or one of his ascendants or descendants, and (3) days in the event of the death of a brother or sister, all of which shall be calculated from the date of the incident and (3) days in the event of the guardian of a newborn within (7) days from the date of birth. The employer shall have the right to request documents supporting these cases.

Article (151) of the Labor Law stipulates that: ( 1) A working woman shall have the right to maternity leave with full pay for a period of (12) weeks, including the six weeks following the delivery. She may distribute the remaining six weeks according to what she deems appropriate, starting from four weeks before the likely date of delivery. The likely date of delivery shall be determined by a medical certificate certified by a health authority. In the event that the remaining period of the leave is less than (6) weeks as a result of the delay of the delivery from its likely date, the complementary period shall be calculated as leave without pay. In all cases, a working woman shall be entitled to extend this leave by (one month) without pay.    2- A working woman in the event of giving birth to a sick or disabled child whose health condition requires a constant companion who has the right to a leave of (one month) with full pay starting after the end of the maternity leave period and has the right to extend the leave for a month without pay.