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Monday, January 21, 2019

Saudi Arabia New amendments in labor law, prevents employers from keeping passports, IDs of staff

Saudi Arabia New amendments in labor law 2019 

Employers will no longer to keep the Passports,Iqama & Health Insurance card of their employees.

 According to amendments, companies will have to correct their violations within 10 days, instead of 30 days and should pay fines imposed on them within 60 days, instead of 15 days.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Development also warned that it will suspend all its services to violators who will not pay their fines and fix the issue in time.

And also new amendments inculcated a situation where an employee may be fired without receiving his ESB or End of Service Benets in below conditions. 

  • If the worker is absent from work for 15 days or 30 not continuous days during a year
  • If the worker physically attacks a colleague at work or verbally attacks a manager or superior even by electronic way. 

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