Oil Sector Labour Law
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- Article 1In applying the provisions of this Law, the following shall mean: a - Oil operations: 1 - Operations relating to prospecting or exploration for oil or natural gas,…
- Article 2The provisions of this Law shall apply to oil workers exclusively. The provisions of Law No. 38 of 1964 concerning Labour in the Private Sector shall also apply to them…
- Article 3The application of the provisions of this Law shall not prejudice the more advantageous benefits established for oil workers under their current employment contracts or…
- Article 5The average working hours shall be forty hours per week during the shift cycle period, and the worker shall be compensated for overtime hours in accordance with the…
- Article 6If the workplace is in an area remote from inhabited areas, the scholar shall be entitled to remuneration equal to his ordinary remuneration for the time taken to travel…
- Article 7For each hour of overtime worked, the worker shall be entitled to remuneration equivalent to the ordinary hourly remuneration to which he is entitled, plus 25% thereof…
- Article 8The weekly rest day for oil workers shall be with full pay. If overtime work circumstances require employing a worker on the weekly rest day, he shall be entitled to…
- Article 9The official holidays granted to a worker with full pay are: Hijri New Year's Day: one day National Day: one day Isra and Mi'raj: one day Eid al-Fitr: 3 days Day of…
- Article 11Oil workers shall be entitled during the year to the following sick leave: - Six months at full pay Two months at three-quarters pay One and a half months at half pay…
- Article 12The oil workers concerned who receive a monthly wage are entitled to annual leave of thirty days with full pay, increased to forty days after five years of continuous…
- Article 13The employer may accumulate the worker's accrued leave over a period not exceeding two years if the worker expresses his wish to do so in writing. If the worker leaves…
- Article 14Special leave with full pay may be granted to oil workers nominated for vocational training or workers’ education courses or to represent the country at Arab or…
- Article 16All employers in oil operations employing at least two hundred (200) workers shall provide suitable housing for the workers and their families, and compensate those for…
- Article 17If the employment contract is of indefinite duration, either party may terminate it after notifying the other party in writing. Notice shall be given as follows: a - At…
- Article 18Without prejudice to acquired rights, the worker shall be entitled, upon expiry of the contract term, or upon termination by the employer in contracts of indefinite…
- Article 20Employers in petroleum operations who employ at least two hundred workers shall prepare training programmes, in agreement with the competent governmental authorities,…
- Article 21Without prejudice to any more severe penalty prescribed by another law, the following shall be punished: – First: - A fine of three dinars shall be imposed on anyone who…
- Article 22In applying the provisions of the preceding Article, the competent governmental authority shall direct a notice to the violator requiring that the violation be rectified…
- Article 23Article One of Law No. 43 of 1968 amending and correcting Law No. 38 of 1964 concerning Labour in the Private Sector, which includes the addition to that Law of a part…