Managing other leaves (Labor law leaves)

Managing other leaves (Labor law leaves):

Leaves for special cases have been automatically defined and added for employees in the Jisr system in accordance with what is stipulated in the Saudi Labor Law, to help the facility comply with the system.

Other types of leave (work office leave):

- Leave for special cases (Article 113): The worker has the right to leave with full pay as follows:

5 days in the event of the death of his wife or one of his ascendants or descendants (the ascendants are the father, mother, and above, the descendants are the children, grandchildren, and so on).

5 days after his marriage.

3 days in the event of the birth of a child.

- Hajj leave (Article 114): paid leave of no less than 10 days (minimum) and no more than 15 days (maximum), including Eid al-Adha leave; This is to perform the Hajj obligation.

- Exam leave (Article 115): Leave with full pay to take the exam for a non-repeated year, the duration of which is determined after the actual exam days.

- Unpaid leave (Article 116): without pay according to the agreement between the two parties. If the period of unpaid leave exceeds (20 days), continuous or intermittent, in the same contractual year, the employment contract will be considered suspended.

- Sick leave (Article 117): 120 days in one sick year (the year starting from the date of the first sick leave).

- Maternity leave (for working women) (Article 151): A working woman is entitled to a fully paid maternity leave for a period of 12 weeks, distributed over 6 mandatory weeks after giving birth, while she can distribute the remaining 6 weeks as she sees fit, starting from 4 weeks before the expected date of birth, which is determined by a certified medical certificate. If the delivery is delayed beyond its expected date, the remaining period of the 6-week leave will be calculated without pay, with the possibility of extending the leave for an additional month without pay. A working woman may also be granted a paid leave for a period of one month in the event that she gives birth to a sick child or a child with a disability who requires constant accompaniment, starting after the end of the maternity leave, with the possibility of extending it for an additional month without pay.

Widow’s leave (for a working woman whose husband has died) (Article 160):

1 - A Muslim working woman whose husband dies has the right to an iddah leave with full pay for a period of not less than four months and ten days (130 days) from the date of death.

2 - A non-Muslim working woman whose husband dies has the right to leave with full pay for a period of 15 days.

comments :

1- The minimum amount for each leave (except for exams and unpaid leave) has been pre-defined in the system, and if the establishment’s policy allows more than the defined value or if the administrator wants to modify the value to a higher value, this is done by clicking on the pen icon for the type Leave and set the appropriate value, then click on the Edit option.

2- Article 53 of the Labor Law stipulates that sick leave is not included in calculating the trial period, so it is necessary to verify by the administrator by activating the option (extending the trial period for employees) of the option to modify sick leave, to ensure that the trial period for employees is calculated accurately.

3- With regard to test leave and unpaid leave: a minimum or maximum limit for each type has not been set in advance (value = zero), in order to allow the employee the possibility of submitting the request and the administration has the right to approve or reject based on what the work interest requires, and in the event that the administrator desires By setting a maximum limit on the number of days allowed for employees per year, this is done by clicking on the pencil icon for the type of leave, setting the appropriate value, and then clicking on the Edit option.

4- The administrator can hide a specific type of leave from employees through the deactivation option/icon that appears in front of each type.