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Saudi Labor Law for Foreign Workers

The document summarizes pertinent labor laws in Saudi Arabia. Key points include: - The Saudi Labor Law governs employment of foreign workers except domestic helpers and covers terms like work hours and termination. - Foreign workers are covered by social insurance which provides benefits like disability payments paid by employers. - Employers must register workers for occupational hazard insurance which covers work injuries. - Regulations over recruiters include business permitting of agencies and limiting subsequent visas for employers with distressed workers. - A new law facilitates job transfers and changing employers while restricting financial and administrative jobs to Saudis.

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Saudi Labor Law for Foreign Workers

The document summarizes pertinent labor laws in Saudi Arabia. Key points include: - The Saudi Labor Law governs employment of foreign workers except domestic helpers and covers terms like work hours and termination. - Foreign workers are covered by social insurance which provides benefits like disability payments paid by employers. - Employers must register workers for occupational hazard insurance which covers work injuries. - Regulations over recruiters include business permitting of agencies and limiting subsequent visas for employers with distressed workers. - A new law facilitates job transfers and changing employers while restricting financial and administrative jobs to Saudis.

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Pertinent Labor Law Provisions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia The Saudi Labor Law governs the employment

t of foreign workers except domestic helpers. The law provides for the basic terms and conditions of employment such as work hours, overtime pay, causes of termination, dispute settlement, among others. Foreign workers except household are covered by the General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) which is a government program to provide social security benefits (such as disability and death benefits) to workers in KSA. This benefit should be paid by the sponsors/employers. Establishments in KSA are required by Saudi laws to register their workers in the Occupational Hazards Branch. In the event of occupational injuries and diseases, the provisions of the Saudi Insurance Law will be applied. Saudi Arabia has several government regulations over recruiters as follows: o The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs regulates Saudi recruitment agencies through a business permit system o Issuance of work visa has been tightened by the Ministry to eliminate practice of some Saudi employers of selling work visas to workers without necessarily finding a job for them o The Saudi government does not issue subsequent visas to employers who failed to secure department certificates of their distressed workers who exit the country The Saudi Council of Ministers recently passed a law facilitating the transfer of jobs of people employed by operation, maintenance, catering, and cleaning companies in government departments. Under the new rules, workers will now be allowed to renew residency visas after completion of their employment contract and can change their jobs to get better employment opportunities.

The Labor Ministry in Saudi Arabia will transfer the sponsorship of workers from previous government contractors to their new employers. The fees for their iqama (resident permit) and transfer of sponsorship shall not require the workers, it can opt to terminate and return them to their home countries. The new employer should submit the application to the Saudi Labor Ministry. However, all available financial and administrative jobs are strictly restricted to Saudi locals only in accordance with the Kingdoms Saudization policy. The new regulation also stated that benefits and salaries of Saudi employees should not be less than what they received from their previous employer.

Headcount of Campers, Progress of Relocation (Temporary Shelter at 4th Floor of PCG Jeddah) and Number of Registered for Repatriation DATE May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22* Campers 244 263 187 No Count No Count 512 258 449 Relocated 247 225 263 284 209 181 164 186 For Repatriation 6414 6414 6414 6414 5860 5860 5860 5860*

*As of 22 May 2013, the Embassy stopped registration

Registered for Repatriation: 5,860 60% wants to stay: 3,516 40% wants to go home: 2,344 Of the 40% who wants to go home: 1,983 underwent fingerprinting While, 444 of these were given exit visas. Sent home (Out of the 1,983 who underwent fingerprinting) (January-April): 200 (May-June): 410 TOTAL: 610 BALANCE: Expected to be sent home or transferred to another employer: 1,983 610 = 1,372

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