Suspension

Hi, Please let me know how many days a company can suspend an employe and also can they hold on to the salary of the employe

regards

Hi macky

I have copied and pasted the relevant Articles and paragraphs from "THE LABOUR LAW FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR LAW No. 36 OF 2012" relating to suspension of work:

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Article (75):
Disciplinary penalties that may be imposed upon a worker according to the establishment's work regulation and disciplinary regulations shall be as follows:
4. Suspension from work in addition to deduction from the salary for a period not exceeding one month in a year and no more than 5 days on each occasion.

Article (77):
Disciplinary penalties inflicted against workers shall be lifted upon the expiry of the following time limits:
(b) One year in case of suspension from work with salary deduction, postponing entitlement to the annual salary increment and postponing the promotion.

Article (78):
5. The penalty for suspension from work in respect of a single violation shall not be more than five days and the period(s) of suspension in one month shall not be more than five days.

Article (79):
An employer may inflict a severer penalty if the worker commits a new violation of the same type of violation for which he has been penalized once he commits the new violation within 6 months from the date of notice thereto concerning the earlier penalty.

Article (80):
If a worker is accused of committing any violation, his employer may suspend him from work temporarily for a period not exceeding sixty days if this is required for the interest of the work or interest of the investigation with payment of his wage.
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