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Sharjah Executive Council Order No. 9 of 2014 on Maternity Leave for non-Emirati working mothers and Paternity Leave.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
United Arab Emirates
Subjects (Classification)
Maternity protection; Workers with family responsibilities
Adopted on (Date of text)
2014-02-04
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Female employees shall be granted a maternity leave with total salary for 60 days, and may be awarded two weeks before the expected date of delivery based on a medical report from a certified specialist doctor.
Female employees shall be given a period for breastfeeding, two hours a day for six months and one hour a day for the next six months, for one year after maternity leave, at the beginning or end of working hours.
Maternity leave and annual leave or leave without pay up to a maximum of 100 days may be combined from the start of maternity leave.
A three-paid day paternity leave shall be given to male employee within a month of the date of childbirth.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2014-02-04
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Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation online in Arabic
Author
Eastlaws Database
Place of publication
Cairo
Country
Egypt
URL
http://www.eastlaws.com/