Pruelpo Shares: Vital Information for Migrants Coming to Work in Saudi Arabia–part Three

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In Saudi Arabia, the working days will start from Saturday through Thursday. The day off will fall during Friday. The normal working hours are also eight hours per day. The worker is also paid an extra amount of wage for over-time: working hours equals the wage he/she receives in a regular day plus (50%), whereas one hour of over-time is equals to (150%). 

Friday is an official holiday (day off) with full pay. After the approval from the concerned Labor Office, the employer may replace that day for some of the workers with any day of the week, provided that the number of working days shall not exceed six days. The workers are to be allowed in all circumstances to perform their religious obligations.

The worker is entitled to an annual vacation no less than a period of fifteen days if he/she had spent in service one full year and this period is fully paid in advance. The vacation may increase to twenty one days whenever the worker spends ten consecutive years in service with he employer. It may be agreed upon to extend such vacation period if such extension is provided in the work contract or the Labor rules of implementation for regulating work for the establishment. The employer may decide the start of such vacation according to work needs. the worker may take unpaid vacation no longer than ten days in a year, provided that the employer approves this.

The worker is entitled to a full pay sick leave for the first thirty days of his/her sickness, then 3/4 of wage pay for the following sixty days in one year. The sick leave is provided according to a medical report issued from a physician approved by the employer. If the employer has no authorized physician, the medical report may be issued by a physician assigned by the specialized agency of the government.

The worker is entitled to other paid vacations as follows:

• Three days in case of marriage.
• One day in case of child birth.
• Three days for Eid Al-Fiter holidays as of the following days of the twenty-ninth of Ramadan.
• Four days for Eid Al-Adha as of the day Pilgrims are present in Arafat.
• One day for the National Day of the Kingdom that falls on September 23 every year.
• The employer upon his wish may extend periods of Eid holiday vacations more than what were mentioned above whether before or after the specified dates.

For female workers, pregnancy and birth vacation is detailed as follows:

• For female worker is entitled to a period of vacation for ten weeks, four of such are prior to the expected date of delivery and the other six weeks are after delivery. The expected date to give birth is estimated by the establishment’s physician or by a medical report certified by the Ministry of Health. The employer should not make any female worker conduct her duties during the first six weeks after she gives birth. During the pregnancy and delivery vacation, the female workers are paid half of their wages if they spent one year or more in service with the employer. they will be paid their full wages if they had three years or more of service as the start date of the vacation.
• The female worker, after returning to work from pregnancy and delivery vacation, may take rest breaks no longer than one hour per day in order to nurse her baby, in addition to rest breaks given to all workers.
• The employer shall bear the expenses of physical examination, treatment and delivery.
• The employer should not dismiss the female worker during her pregnancy and birth vacation.

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Pruelpo Shares: Vital Information for Migrants Coming to Work in Saudi Arabia–part One

Pruelpo Shares: Vital Information for Migrants Coming to Work in Saudi Arabia–part Two

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