construction, transportation and housing, which calls for reconfirming the
recommendation of the NIHR contained in the first annual report issued in
2013 urging the legislative authority to issue an integrated law on the rights
of persons with disabilities in line with the provisions of the International
Convention, addressing - at the very least - the broad outlines of the
specifications and requirements of the infrastructure and the appropriate
engineering needs for individuals with disabilities in public facilities, tourist
facilities, various means of transportation, and housing services, in addition
to issuing an executive regulation attached to the law dealing in detail with
these specifications, requirements and needs, similar to legislations of other
countries, which reflects the essence of the law agreement.
1.7 The NIHR’s third annual report issued in 2015, once again urged the
legislative authority to issue a law on the rights of individuals with disabilities
in line with the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities. In the same report, the NIHR also monitored the lack of
implementation of Law No. (59) of 2014 amending Article (5) of Law No.
(74) of 2006 regarding the care, rehabilitation and employment of people
with disabilities, which added two new paragraphs, the first of which states,
“An employee or worker with a disability or a person caring for a
disabled relative of the first degree, who proves by a certificate issued
by the competent medical committee that they need special care, shall
be granted two hours of paid daily rest, in accordance with the
conditions and controls issued by a decision of the Minister”. The
second paragraph stipulates that: “It is not permissible to combine the
two hours of rest established under this law and the hours of care,
breastfeeding or rest prescribed in other laws and decisions”.
1.8 After four years of not implementing Law No. (59) of 2014 amending
Article (5) of the above-mentioned law, the Ministry of Labor and Social
Development issued Resolution No. (80) of 2018 regarding the conditions
and controls for granting two hours of rest to an employee or worker with
disability, or who takes care of a person with a disability, to oblige the
concerned authorities to take all necessary measures to implement the law,
by stating the mechanism for implementing the provisions stipulated in
Article (5) of Law No. (74) of 2006 and its amendments.
1.9 Also, Civil Service issued Directives No. (2) of 2019 regarding granting
two hours of rest to any employee with a disability, or who takes care of a
person with a disability, which aims to clarify how to implement the
provisions of Article (5) of Law No. (74) of 2006 and its amendments
regarding Civil Service Bureau, and Ministry of Labor and Social
Development Decision No. (80) of 2018, regarding the conditions and
controls for granting two hours of rest to any employee or worker with a
disability or who takes care of a person with a disability, in which must be
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