Background

An employee filed a case against a company before the First Instance Authority for Settlement of Labour Disputes (FIASLD) requesting the company to reinstate him and pay his salary during the dismissal period in addition to compensation.

The FIASLD ruled that the company should pay the employee 1675 Riyals as an end of service gratuity and 2345 Riyals for holiday pay but dismissed his request to return to his job.

Decision

The employee appealed the ruling before the SLHASLD, which said that the case files revealed that the company had dismissed the employee from his job due to his absence for 10 consecutive days. However, the case file also revealed that the employee had provided the company with a medical report for two days of the absence. The SLHASLD said the period of absence after which the company can dismiss the employee is 10 consecutive days according to the provisions of Article 80 of the Labour Law.