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have been continuously employed for at least three
years are entitled to one month’s compensation pay
for every year of employment. The labour code is
applicable to private employees.
Working hours
The standard working hours are 8 hours a day and
48 hours per week. The vacation is a right for the
worker and shall be due after the completion of one
year of continuous service with the employer, provid-
ed that it shall be with full pay and its time shall be ta-
bled during the year according to the needs of work
and shall include the official holidays and vacations.
The annual leave shall be calculated as follows:
a.
If the worker completed from one year up to three
years of continuous service, he shall be entitled to an
annual leave equal to twenty days;
b.
If the worker completed eight years and less than
fifteen years of continuous service he shall be enti-
tled to an annual leave of twenty-five days;
c.
If the worker completed fifteen years or more of
continuous service he shall be entitled to an annual
leave equal to thirty days.
In case of the termination of the contract of service for
any reason or in the case of resignation, the worker
shall be entitled to a wage for all the days of the an-
nual leave or the proportionate part of the period he
spent and had not been granted leave therefore.
The employee, with the consent of the employer,
may postpone his annual leave for a year, or he may
divide it between the year in which it was due and the
following year and such leave shall not be postponed
(all or any part thereof) for more than one year, and
the worker shall be entitled to his annual leave plus
the postponed leave in the following year.
Labour dispute
The labour resolution takes place either in court or
labour office.
ESTABLISHING
COMMERCIAL ENTITIES
The laws in Sudan permit companies and other en-
tities to practice all sorts of activities, and whether
they are national or foreign, they are granted the
same rights. The only exception is that foreign enti-