Leave for matinity...
Hi all,
Working as a teacher in an International School. Can some one tell me about the matinity leave rules in Qatar.
How many months with pay, with 1/2 pay & with no pay?
I heard that there is a rule in Qatar as the teachers can go home by 11am for feading. Is it True?
Thank You.
i got used of my maternity leave last year...its 50 calendar days. as of the feeding time, you can leave the office 1 hour earlier from your usual time to give way for breastfeeding, but it is impt. to discussed it with your superior...
From Qatar Labour Law:
Article (96)
A female worker who has been employed by an employer for a complete year shall be entitled to maternity leave with full pay for a period of fifty days. Such maternity leave shall include the period before and after the delivery provided that the period following the delivery shall not be less than thirty five days.
This leave shall be granted subject to a medical certificate issued by a licensed physician stating the probable date of delivery.
If the remaining period of the leave after delivery is less than thirty days the female worker may be granted a complementary leave from her annual leave. Otherwise the complementary period shall be deemed to be a leave without pay.
If the medical condition of the female worker prevents her from resuming her work after expiry of her leave referred to in the preceding paragraphs the female worker shall be deemed to be on leave without pay provided that the period of her absence from works shall not exceed sixty consecutive or interrupted days and provided that a medical certificate of her medical condition shall be produced from a licensed physician.
The obtaining by the female worker of the delivery leave shall not prejudice her entitlement to her other leave.
Article (97)
The nursing female worker shall be entitled in addition to her entitlement to the rest interval provided for in Article (73) of this law during the year following the year of delivery to a nursing interval which shall not be less than one hour per day. The fixing of the nursing times shall be made by the female worker.
The nursing interval shall be calculated as part of the working hours and shall not result in a deduction of wage.
Article (98)
The employer may not terminate the service contract of a female worker due to her marriage or obtaining the leave provided for in Article (96) of this Law.
The employer may not notify of the termination of her service contract during this leave and may not send her a notification which expires during the said leave.
see the below Article taken from Qatar Labor Law
Article 96
Women workers completing one year of service shall have the right to avail of maternity leave for 50 days with full salary for the pre and post delivery period. The post delivery leave period shall not be less than 35 days. The leave shall be given according to a medical certificate issued by a licenced medical practitioner indicated the expected date of delivery. If the post delivery leave is less than 30 days, the remaining period will be adjusted against her annual leave, otherwise it shall be considered as leave without pay.
If the post delivery health condition hinders her return to work after the end of her permissible leave, the excess period will be without pay provided it does not exceed 60 consecutive or staggered days on the condition that a medical certificate from a licenced practitioner is furnished. The right of a working woman to obtain maternity leave shall not affect her right to any other leave.
Article 97
In addition to the rights mentioned in Article 73, a working woman who is breastfeeding her child shall be entitled to one hour off daily for one year, after the end of her materinity leave. The woman has the right to determine her breastfeeding schedule. The breastfeeding period shall be considered as part of the working hours and there shall be no deduction of wages or any other consequences on this account.
50 days at full pay. That's it.
Not sure about the feeding thing.