Maternity and paternity policies that support women’s participation
Unaccompanied status expatriate females must sign a disclaimer during their induction in HR acknowledging they have been informed they will be repatriated at 6 months gestation if they fall pregnant during the first 2 years of contract.
Exception to this may be given at the discretion of the Direct Report based on a staff performance evaluation and operational requirements.
Saudi female employees and female employees with accompanied status contracts are entitled to maternity leave of 70 days duration. Payment for the leave will be in accordance with Saudi Labor Law.
Unaccompanied status expatriate female staff who have completed two years of service before the pregnancy occurs will be permitted time off for confinement purposes of up to 70 days duration. This leave will be unpaid.
Maternity Leave is requested and approved as annual leave above.
It is illegal to recall an employee during the six weeks immediately following her delivery. A female employee may not be terminated during maternity leave nor can she be issued a warning for termination.
Dedicated time for breastfeeding:
When a female employee returns to work following her maternity leave, she is entitled to a rest period of not more than one hour per day to nurse her new-born child, in addition to the rest periods granted to all employees.
Procedure
Dedicated time for breastfeeding hour is calculated as part of the actual working hours and shall not entail any reduction in wages.
7.2 The breastfeeding hour is only granted to females who are actually
breastfeeding. Approval for the breastfeeding hour to continue must be
obtained on a quarterly basis from staff clinic and must be submitted by the concerned female staff to HR Unit for filing in the Personnel File.
Paternity Leave:
Paternity leave of 3 days is approved following the birth of a child. A completed and approved leave request form must be submitted to HR Unit when Paternity Leave is taken.
Maternity leave university policy.
The employee is entitled to a regular leave of thirty-six (36) days for each year of his service with a full salary according to the last salary he received and may be paid in advance if the period of leave he will enjoy for one month or more.
Female employees are generally entitled to 10 weeks of paid maternity leave, up to four weeks may be taken before the birth and at least six of the weeks must be taken after. During this leave, the employee is entitled to half pay if she has been employed for at least one year, and full pay if she has been employed for at least three years from the commencement date of the leave. However, if a female employee takes her annual vacation during the same year as her maternity leave, she will only be entitled during that vacation to half pay or to no pay, depending on whether she received half pay or full pay during her maternity leave. Medical expenses related to pregnancy and delivery must be paid by the employer.
Father Paternity Leave
Fathers are eligible for three days of paid paternity leave.