Working hours and leave

Scheduling annual leave (Art. 72)

Official text per PAM's consolidated English edition (2025). For guidance only; not legal advice.

The employer shall have the right to determine the date of the annual leave and divide such leave after the first 14 days thereof, with the consent of the worker. The worker shall have the right to accumulate his leave entitlements provided that they do not exceed two years and he shall be entitled to take his accumulated leave all at once subject to the approval of the employer. The annual leave can be accumulated for more than two years with the consent of both parties.

Source The English text is presented as the official January 2025 consolidated edition identified in the approved local source notes. The Arabic text is unofficial. This local snapshot was not independently verified against PAM by this directory.

Public Authority for Manpower: Labour Law

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