Employment of Persons with Disabilities in the Labor Law

Introduction

  • - Article three of the Labor Law states that "citizens are equal in the right to work without any discrimination based on gender, disability, age, or any other form of discrimination, whether during the performance of work or at the time of hiring or announcing it." Consequently, all provisions and general decisions that regulate the rights and duties of employees and employers under the Labor Law include employees with disabilities, whether regarding the entitled leaves for employees, working hours, the consequences of the termination of the contractual relationship, and others.

  • - Nevertheless, the employee with a disability is subject to special provisions and regulations, including those related to arranging and facilitating services to provide a better work environment, and incentivizing employers regarding the inclusion of the employee with a disability in the "Nitaqat" program, among other matters as detailed below.

  • Related Articles:

    • - Article twenty-eight of the Labor Law

    • - Article twenty-nine of the Labor Law

    • - Article nine of the Implementing Regulation of the Labor Law

    • - Appendix No. (2): Table of arrangements and facilitative services in the work environment; for employees with permanent and temporary disabilities, and employees suffering from illnesses that place them in a state of disability

    • - The guiding manual for an ideal work environment for persons with disabilities.

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