Maternity and Paternity Support Policies
- Maternity and Paternity Policy – Labor Relations Law
The maternity and paternity policy at the University of Oum El Bouaghi is primarily based on Law No. 90/11, dated 26 Ramadan 1410, corresponding to April 26, 1990, concerning labor relations. This law emphasizes the importance of adhering to maternity and paternity rules through the following articles:
Article 55: Female workers are entitled to a maternity leave of up to 14 weeks during pregnancy and after childbirth. They can also benefit from facilitations, such as paid absences for breastfeeding, according to the conditions specified in the internal regulations of the employing institution.
Article 56: Employers can grant unpaid special leaves to workers who have a pressing need for absence, subject to conditions specified in the internal regulations.
For further details and the full text of the Labor Relations Law, please refer to the legal text.
- Maternity and Paternity Policy – General Public Service Basic Law
The University of Oum El Bouaghi is a public utility and is subject to the laws of the general public service regarding maternity and paternity leave and paid leave, particularly Law No. 06-03, dated July 15, 2006. The Basic Law of the General Public Service states the following:
Article 212: Employees have the right to special unpaid leave, lasting three (3) full days on the occasion of family events such as the employee’s marriage, the birth of the employee’s child, the circumcision of the employee’s son, the marriage of one of the employee’s dependents, the death of the employee’s spouse, or the death of one of the employee’s close family members.
Article 213: Female employees are entitled to maternity leave according to applicable legislation.
Article 214: Nursing mothers have the right to an absence for up to one year from the end of maternity leave, with two (2) paid hours of absence each day for the first six (6) months and one (1) paid hour of absence each day for the subsequent six (6) months. The distribution of these absences throughout the day is adapted to the employee’s convenience.
Article 215: Employees can benefit from exceptional unpaid leaves for extremely justified reasons of utmost necessity, which cannot exceed ten (10) days per year.