TRANSLATION

Labor Law
Part I
Definitions and general provisions
Chapter I
Definitions:
Article 1
This law shall be called labor law.
Article 2
The following words and expressions shall, [whenever they occur in this law], have the meanings
shown against each except when the text requires otherwise:
Ministry: Ministry of Labor.
Minister: Minister of Labor.
Labor Office: The administrative agency tasked with the labor affairs within the geographical
zone to be specified by a decision of the Minister.
Employer: Each natural or legal person who employs one or more workmen for a pay.
Workman: Any natural person who works in favor of the employer and under his
management or supervision for a wage, even if far from his eyes [?].
Minor: A person who has completed 15 years of age but has not reached 18 years of age.
Work: The effort exerted in all human activities in implementation of a work contract
(written or not written), irrespective of the nature or type of such activities, be they industrial,
commercial, agricultural, technical or otherwise, physical or mental.
Original work: For individuals, the subject of their normal activity and for establishments the
works that the establishment has been formed to perform as provided for in its articles of
association, in the concession agreement, if it is a concessionaire, or in its commercial
register.

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TRANSLATION SERVICES DIVISION, DHAHRAN

DATE: 23-Apr-06

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