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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

United Arab Emirates
Maternity protection; Workers with family responsibilities
2014-02-04
National
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Second Region

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