The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs (MADLSA), has directed employers to desist from terminating employees while they are on leave.

The Ministry took to social media to remind the employers as well as the employees about two important sections of the Labour Law which deal with the issue of ‘Leave’.

One of the clauses that the Ministry mentioned ‘prohibits’ employers from terminating employees, while the latter is on leave, whereas the second clause that was quoted by the Ministry puts a prohibition on the employees from taking another job during the leave time.

It is worth mentioning here that the Article 85 of the Labour Law states:

“The employer may not terminate the service contract or notify the worker of the termination thereof during any of his periods of leave provided for in this law. The employer may not notify the worker of the termination of the contract if the notice period expires during any of such periods of leave.”

And Article 84 of the same law states:

“The worker shall not work for another employer during any of his leaves. If it has been proved to the employer that the worker has contravened this provision, the employer may deprive him from his wage for the period of the leave and recover what he has already paid of that wage”.