Labor and Social Development Committee approved in its discussion on the draft temporary labor law for the year 2010 yesterday, to grant a two-day paternity leave for the worker, which is considered the first time. The Committee also approved the amendment of the annual leave of the worker to one month for a worker who had completed five years of work and 21 days for those who had not completed it, as well as for the introduction of a new text on the criminalization of discrimination on pay based on gender.
The Labor Committee also agreed to amend article 72 of the law concerning the employer's obligation to establish a nursery for the employees, explaining that the amendment "extended to benefit from this male and female workers, to obliged the employer to find a suitable place for the children of workers if there are 15 children or more ".