What is the employment contract?   

The employment contract is a contract entered between an employer and 
an amanagement of the employer or under his supervision against a wage.

 

The employment contract contains:

The employment contract must be in accordance with the unified form of the employment contract identified by the Ministry and both parties of the contract, may add other articles without conflict with the provisions of the Labor Law and its regulations and issued decisions in implementation thereof.

 

General Rights at Employment Contract

 

  • The employee shall not be assigned to other different work essentially for the agreed work, unless a written consent, unless at the necessary cases based to emergency circumstances and for a period not exceed than thir ty days a year. (Article 60)
  • The employer, in cases of necessity of emergency circumstances and for a period not exceeding thirty days per year, may assign work to the employee in other place different than the agreed place, without the consent of the employee, however the employee shall bear the costs of transferring the employee, and his residence during this period.
  • The employer may not transfer the employee without his written consent from his original place of work to another place that requires a change of residence. (Article 58)
  • If the contract is for a specific work, it expires with the completion of the work agreed upon. (Article 57)
  • The employee with a monthly wage, may not be transferred to the daily category of workers or weekly wage workers or by part or by hour, unless the employees agree to this in writing, without prejudice to the acquired rights by the employee during the period he spent on the monthly wage.