Article 69 of Private Sector Labour Law

Subject to the provision of Article (24) of this Law, the worker is entitled to the following sick leave during the year: - Fifteen days – at full pay. - Ten days – at three-quarters pay. - Ten days – at half pay. - Ten days – at quarter pay. - Thirty days – without pay. The illness necessitating leave shall be established by a certificate from the physician appointed by the employer or the physician in charge at the government health unit. If a dispute arises concerning entitlement to leave or its duration, the government physician's certificate shall be the one relied upon. As regards intractable diseases, they shall be excepted by a decision of the competent Minister specifying the types of these diseases. Index of the Law 899 Home Page Private Sector Labour Law Law No. 6 of 2010 concerning Labour in the Private Sector Chapter Three Paid Annual Leave Article 70 (1) The worker is entitled to paid annual leave of no fewer than thirty working days, provided that the worker shall become entitled to leave for the first year after spending at least six months in the employer's service. Weekly rest days, official holidays and sick leave days falling during annual leave shall not be counted as part of annual leave. The worker is entitled to leave for fractions of a year in proportion to the time spent working during that year, even if it is the first year of service.