Article 28 of the Saudi Civil Service Law

This article deals with employee leave in the civil service, but it does not detail it itself; it refers to the Regulation. The Regulation is what sets:

• The types of leaves and periods of absence.
• Their terms.
• Their conditions.

The referral covers two kinds of cases:

• The leaves and periods of absence an employee is entitled to.
• Those he is permitted to take.

This distinction in the article's wording indicates that some leaves are an entitlement of the employee and some are granted by permission, with the details left to the Regulation.

Accordingly, the employee will not find in the text of this article the number of days of any leave or its conditions; what he is entitled to in a particular case is found by consulting the Regulation.

This article relates to Article 27, which refers to the Regulation the determination of the types, amount and conditions of allowances, rewards, compensations and benefits, and to Article 29, which deals with the secondment of an employee's services, with his consent, to work for an entity other than his employer, and with a government entity borrowing the services of someone not covered by the Law.

Anyone whose leave request has been refused, or who has a dispute over a leave he believes he is entitled to, would do well to consult the Regulation or a lawyer specializing in administrative cases and civil service matters.