Does your university as a body have a maternity and paternity policies that support women's participation?
Maternity Leave:
https://units.imamu.edu.sa/colleges/Medicine/RegulationsRegulations/Documents/Manual%20of%20Policy%20and%20procedures%20of%20Al%20Imam%20COM.pdf#search=marriage
1. Unaccompanied status expatriate females must sign a disclaimer during their induction in HR acknowledging they have been informed they will be
repatriated at 6 months gestation if they fall pregnant during the first 2 years of
contract.
2. Exception to this may be given at the discretion of the Direct Report based on a staff performance evaluation and operational requirements.
3. Saudi female employees and female employees with accompanied status
contracts are entitled to maternity leave of 70 days duration. Payment for the
leave will be in accordance with Saudi Labor Law.
4. Unaccompanied status expatriate female staff who have completed two years of service before the pregnancy occurs will be permitted time off for confinement purposes of up to 70 days duration. This leave will be unpaid.
5. Maternity Leave is requested and approved as annual leave above.
6. It is illegal to recall an employee during the six weeks immediately following
her delivery. A female employee may not be terminated during maternity leave
nor can she be issued a warning for termination.
7. Dedicated time for breastfeeding:
7.1 When a female employee returns to work following her maternity leave, she is entitled to a rest period of not more than one hour per day to nurse her new-born child, in addition to the rest periods granted to all employees.
Procedure
Dedicated time for breastfeeding hour is calculated as part of the actual working hours and shall not entail any reduction in wages.
7.2 The breastfeeding hour is only granted to females who are actually
breastfeeding. Approval for the breastfeeding hour to continue must be
obtained on a quarterly basis from staff clinic and must be submitted by the concerned female staff to HR Unit for filing in the Personnel File.
Paternity Leave:
Paternity leave of 3 days is approved following the birth of a child. A completed and approved leave request form must be submitted to HR Unit when Paternity Leave is taken.
Maternity leave university policy.
https://units.imamu.edu.sa/administrations/followup/FilesLibrary/Pages/Maternity.aspx [2]
The employee is entitled to a regular leave of thirty-six (36) days for each year of his service with a full salary according to the last salary he received and may be paid in advance if the period of leave he will enjoy for one month or more.
https://units.imamu.edu.sa/administrations/followup/FilesLibrary/Documents/%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9.pdf
https://imamu.edu.sa/eServices/Documents/%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A8%20%D8%A5%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A9%20%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9.docx
