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  Private Sector Labor Law
Termination
Disputes & Civil Rights
Leave
Compensation
 
 

Leave
Regarding leave, an employee who has completed five years of continuous service is entitled to 21 days leave a year and the employee who has not completed five years term is entitled to 14 days leave a year. Official holidays and days of sick leave may not be counted as part of annual leave. An employee must be given his holiday pay before he goes on leave and the last salary payable before the holidays must be used to calculate the amount due. Subject to a satisfactory medical report, an employee is entitled to sick leave for (a) the first six days of illness on full pay, (b) the next six days on 3/4 Pay, (c) the next six days on 1/2 Pay, (d) the next six days on 1/4 Pay, and (e) the next six days without Pay. This entitlement is the total entitlement in one year and not per period of sickness.

Termination
For an employee who gets paid salary every month, termination indemnity is 15 days remuneration for each complete year of service for the first 5 years and 30 days for each complete year beyond 5 years. An employee who resigns without completing five years of service is not entitled to indemnity. If the employment contract is for a fixed period and if either the employer or the employee wants to terminate the contract before the end of the fixed period, then the party terminating the contract must compensate the other.

Wherein an employment contract is for an unlimited period, either party may terminate it by notifying the other in writing at least 15 days prior to the termination. An employer has the right to terminate the employee without notice and without payment of any indemnity or any compensation, if the employee commits any wrong or fraud, causing serious loss to the employer or has been convicted of any crime or disobeys the instructions of the employer etc.

Compensation
An employee has the right to compensation for work-related injuries for no fault on his part, even without having to prove that the employer was at fault. Compensation varies with the severity of the injury occurred. Where the employee has become 25% or more disabled or has died due to it, he or his family will be entitled to compensation.

Disputes and Civil Rights
The employee especially the expatriates, who are not able to get their due in case of any dispute with the employer, may communicate with the Labour Departments at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour along with their relevant documents to substantiate a claim.
 

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