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The Labour Law No. 3 of 1962

Law Summary Record Type: LawNumber: 3Date: 19/03/1962 Corresponding to 13/10/1381 HijriNumber of Articles: 77Status: Canceled

Official Gazette :Issue: 2Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 01/01/1962 Corresponding to 25/07/1381 HijriPage from: 2591

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Working Hours and Overtime

35 Article

1. No adult employee shall work more than eight hours per day or forty-eight hours per week. The exception shall be the month of Ramadan, where the regular work period shall not exceed six hours per day or thirty-six hours per week. The regular hours for employees working on shift rotation shall not exceed eight hours per day, except for the month of Ramadan, where the regular shift shall not exceed six hours per day.

Travel time between the employee's residence and his workplace shall not be counted as part of his working hours.

36 Article

1. Where actual working hours exceed the regular working hours stated in Article 35 (1) above, the additional time shall be considered as overtime and the employee paid for those hours at the same rate as he is paid for regular hours plus an additional rate of at least twenty-five per cent for overtime.

Except for employees working on shift orders, employees working at night between 9.00 pm and 3.00 am shall be paid their regular salary plus at least an additional fifty per cent thereof.
Actual working hours shall not exceed ten hours per day, unless the situation requires additional hours to prevent loss or the occurrence of a dangerous accident, or to repair or reduce the harm resulting from such accident.

37 Article

1. Friday shall be the weekend holiday for all employees except shift rotation employees.

Where the employee is not paid for a weekend holiday and his services were required on such a day, he shall be compensated with an additional rest day or be paid the wage for a regular day plus at least an additional fifty per cent thereof.
Where the employee is paid for the weekend rest day and his services were required that day, he shall be given an additional paid rest day or be paid his regular wage plus at least fifty per cent of the regular pay of the additional rest day.
Except for shift rotation employees, no employee shall be required to work two consecutive Fridays.

38 Article

Where work conditions require an employee to work on official holidays as stated in Article 46 of this Law, he shall be paid in the same manner as if he had worked on a paid weekend holiday, plus a bonus as specified in Article 37 (3) above.

39 Article

Working hours shall include one or more rest periods for lunch or prayers so that an employee shall not work more than five continuous hours without rest, except during the month of Ramadan. Rest times shall not be counted as part of regular working hours.

40 Article

1. The provisions of this Part 6 shall not apply to special professionals such as physicians, engineers, or those in high administrative and supervisory positions.