PART FIVE
Employment of Juveniles and Women
CHAPTER ONE
Employment of Juveniles
Article (75)
The employment of juveniles from both sexes or permission thereto to enter the places
of work before they attain the age of fifteen is prohibited.
The aforesaid age may be raised by a decision of the Minister in respect of certain
industries and works that so require.
Article (76)
Juvenile employees who are less than eighteen years of age shall not be required
to work between 6 pm and 6 am nor shall they be required to do actual work for a
period exceeding six hours a day.
Juvenile employees shall not be caused to stay in the work place for more than seven
continuous hours and the working hours shall be separated by one or more intervals
for rest and meal taking the total of which shall not be less than one hour. Such
interval or intervals shall be specified in such manner as to ensure that they do
not work for more than four continuous hours.
Article (77)
In all circumstances juveniles shall not be required to work for additional hours
, nor shall they be caused to stay in the workplace after the prescribed period
or be required to work during the days of rest or public holidays.
Article (78)
If the employer employs one or more juveniles he:
- 1. Shall keep in the workplace a copy of the rules related to the employment of
juveniles provided in this Chapter, and such rules as may be issued by a decision
of the Minister.
- Shall prepare a list stating the juveniles’ names, their ages and dates of their
employment immediately after their employment.
- Shall display conspicuously in the place of work, a schedule specifying the working
hours, the rest intervals and the weekly rest times.
- Shall notify the relevant directorate in advance with the juveniles’ names before
employing them, and the persons who are employed to supervise their work.
Article (79)
Subject to the above provisions, the juveniles’ employment system, the circumstances
and conditions of their employment, the works, occupations and industries in which
they work shall be determined by a decision of the Minister according to the different
age groups.
CHAPTER TWO
Employment of Women
Article (80)
Without prejudice to the provisions set out in this Chapter, all provisions regulating
the employment of workers shall be applicable to women workers without discrimination
between them in the same work.
Article (81)
Women shall not be required to work between 7 pm and 6 am except in such circumstances,
works or occasions as may be specified by a decision of the Minister.
Article (82)
Women shall not be required to perform works which are harmful to the health or
hard works or such other works as may be specified by a decision of the Minister.
Article (83)
A woman who has completed a year in the service of the employer shall be entitled
to maternity leave the total of which shall not exceed six weeks including the pre-delivery
period and the post delivery period provided that a medical certificate shall be
presented stating the expected date of delivery. In such a case she will have the
right to choose whether to consider the said period as a maternity leave without
wage, or as a sick leave in accordance with the provisions of Section (66) of this
law.
Article (84)
The employer shall not dismiss a woman worker for her absence due to illness confirmed
by a medical certificate which is attributable to the pregnancy or delivery and
that she cannot resume her work, provided that the total period of such absence
shall not exceed six months.
Article (85)
An employer who employs one or more women workers shall keep in the workplace a
copy of the regulations of employment of women.
Article (86)
Subject to the above provisions, the regulations of employment of women, the circumstances
and conditions of their work and businesses, occupations and industries which they
may join, shall be specified by a decision of the Minister.
