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ORIGINAL 2010 EDITION · 6 / 2010
All 150 articles ↗Article 69
Law No. 6 of 2010
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Verified against sourceWithout prejudice to the provision of
Article 24 herein, the labourer shall
have the right to the following sick
leaves during the year:
- 15 days - with full wage
- 10 days - with three quarter wage
- 10 days - with half wage
- 10 days - with quarter wage
- 30 days - without wage
The sickness which needs a sick leav
shall be evidenced by a certificate
from the physician to be determined
by the employer or the doctor who is
in-charge of a government health cen-
ter. In the event of any conflict re-
garding the entitlement to the sick
leave or its term, then the medical
doctor certificate shall be approved.
In relation to the serious diseases
which are difficult to cure, then such
diseases shall be excluded by a deci-
sion from the competent Minister in
which he shall specify the type of
such diseases.
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This Chapter consists of Four Sec-
tions and Articles from (55) to (97):
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This Section comprises Articles from
(64) to (69), where Article (64) has
fixed the weekly working hours by
48 hours, as a general principle, in
such a manner that a labourer shall
not be made to work for more than 8
hours a day. Here the provision of
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keeping any labourer in work on any
of the official holidays, he shall be
paid a double wage, i.e. his ordinary
salary multiplied into two alongwith
an alternative compensation day.
This double wage shall be taken as a
basis for calculating the overtime
hours necessitated by the wok condi-
tions in this day.
The due sick leaves in the light of the
provision of Article 69 have become,
on condition that the sickness shall
be proved by a medical certificate, as
follows:
- 15 days with full wage
- 10 days with three quarter wage
- 10 days with half wage
- 10 days with quarter wage
- 30 days without wage
The sickness that requires a sick
leave shall be proven by certificate
from the physician determined by the
employer or the doctor in-charge in a
government health center. In the
event of any conflict regarding the el-
igibility to the sick leave or its term,
then the medical doctor certificate
shall prevail.
The last paragraph stipulates that re-
garding serious diseases which are
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ويقع في أربعة فصول ويشمل المواد من (55) وحتى (97)
الفصل الأول
في الأجر
ويشمل المواد من (55) وحتى (63) : حيث عرفت المادة
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ويضم هذا الفصل المواد من (64) الى (69) حيث حددت المادة (64)ساعات العمل
الأسبوعية بثمان واربعين ساعة كأصل عام وبحيث لا يجوز تشغيل العامل أكثر من ثماني
ساعات في اليوم ، وقد رؤي تعديل نص المادة (33) في القانون رقم 38 لسنة 1964 بما كان
ينص عليه من أنه لا يجوز تشغيل العامل أكثر من ثمان ساعات يوميا أو ثمان وأربعين ساعة
في الأسبوع ، حيث اختلف الرأي حول كلمة " أو " التخييرية من حيث مدى جواز زيادة عدد
ساعات العمل بثمان وأربعين ساعة ف الأسبوع وحسما لهذا الجدل رؤي استبدال النص القديم
بالنصب الوارد في القانون حيث قطعت المادة (64) منه بأن تكون ساعات العمل للعمال ثمان
وأربعين ساعة اسبوعيا ولا يجوز أن تزيد على ثماني ساعات يوميا إلا في الحالات المنصوص
عليها في القانون وذلك تغليبا للرأي القائل بحماية العامل في كل يوم من أيام عمله ومن ثم
النص على عدم تجاوز ساعات العمل اليومية عن ثماني ساعات إلا في حدود الاستثناءات
المنصوص عليها في القانون .
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وأصبحت الإجازات المرضية المستحقة على ضوء حكم المادة (69) وبشرط ثبوت المرض
بشهادة طبية على النحو التالي :
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