Saudi Labor Law For Expatriates
1 week in case of termination.
Saudi labor law for expatriates. Doesn t matter if the sponsor is kafeel or company they will have the following responsibilities as per article 40 in saudi labor law. The minister of human resources and social development in saudi arabia eng. As i mentioned above there should be a transparent contract between the sponsor and expatriates.
Termination of contract as per saudi arabia labor law job termination resignation notice period end of service employer employee. Employers in saudi arabia will not be allowed to keep employees expatriates iqama health cards passports as reported by saudi local media extension of fine payment for companies for any company violations companies will have to correct their violations within 10 days of time period instead of 30 days and all the fines must be paid within a time period of 60 days instead of 15 days. 2 weeks in case of resignation.
The act of holding passports of employees by kafeel is illegal. Saudi labor law for expatriate s passport. Workers employee rights in saudi labor law.
Term or an indefinite contract depends on whether the employee is a saudi national or an expatriate. Saudi labor law 22 saudi news 1035 saudi rules 33 saudization 21 exit re entry visa 27 expat levy dependents fee 19 family visa 51 final exit 16. Saudi labor law 2019 amendments of saudi arabia labor law 2019 1440 expatriates end of service benefits termination violation.
All of us know that employers in saudi arabia hold the passports of their employees who are under his sponsorship. In case of failure to pay the esb within 2 weeks the employee has the right to file a case in the saudi labor court. Saudi expatriates is a blog of updated information in bulk for foreigners who are staying in saudi arabia or who are keen to visit saudi home.
A structured guide to employment labour law in saudi arabia. There must be the specified. Ahmed al rajhi issued a decision requiring the extension of the procedures stated in article 41 of the executive regulations of saudi labor law to 9 months starting from the date on which the kingdom took the measures.
However only a few of us know the saudi labor law for expatriate s passport. Hr minister extends covid 19 related article 41 of labor law regulations to 9 months from 6 months.
