For OFWs: Some Question and Answer About Saudi Labor Laws

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THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWER ABOUT SAUDI LABOR LAW as posted at the Saudi Labor Education website.

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  General

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    What are the communication channels with the Ministry of Labor?

    • Customer Service Center: 19911
    • The website www.mol.gov.sa:
    • Social Networking Sites (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube)
    • Labor offices

    
    
    
    
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    What are the models used for service of labor offices?

    The models of services provided by the Ministry to become a standard for all services, can be found on the details about the model via the link:

    http://portal.mol.gov.sa/ar/Pages/Forms.aspx
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    What are the documents required to submit a request for the service of labor offices?

    The evidence requirements for services provided by the Ministry of Labor, where the documents required for each service, for more details, visit the link:

    http://portal.mol.gov.sa/ar/pages/forms.aspx
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  Technical Support

  • 1

    What is the possibility of cancelling the file number a particular activity, whether the scope of red or yellow or green? And what is the way?

    In the case of cancellation of the activity, to the customer to go to the Ministry of Trade if it established a register of commercial or municipal license if the municipality or the Ministry of Transport if the early…you need and write off the file and obtain a certificate certified write-off, which had been removed from the file, and then the certificate write-off to the Office work to be written off under the Certificate file
  • 2

    How to modify the enterprise data in the ministry's website?

    This service is not done through the ministry's website. the client should go to labor office, computer department and give them the necessary data (CR, municipal license ..) to be matched with the data file office.
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    Not to drop employment from labor office

    The customer is required to details "Print" from passport office about the worker situation and submit it to the labor office if the "situation" refers to the final output or not is or has been absent from work or any condition of cases that demonstrate that the Worker does not work in the foundation.
  • 4

    Workers Want to issue a license number, payment of unacceptable or extremely but service does not give permits PAYMENT OF NEW No.

    The deadline for the payment of two weeks after it was issued, in case of non-payment, after the end of the deadline, could be a number of payment of new electronic services to the site of the Ministry of Labor either way, if Customer wasted No. pay (sadad), provide a call center with (id card) / iqama no. and they supply a number of (sadad) or from the labor Office.
  • 5

    Why Saudi drop of insurance while is still on top of work in the ministry website?

    • If it is found that there is a problem caused by dropping Saudi officer, he must submit its database and send it to insurance to solve this problem. In addition to review technical support in social insurance
  • 6

    How can modify foundation activity completely?

    You can modify from the Ministry of Labor website (e-services), and must be in conformity with what is recorded in the commercial register, can't be given activity other than what is recorded in commercial register.
  • 7

    The number of Saudis in the location of the actual insurance in established

    The proportion of resettlement occur on a weekly basis while registration and employment is going in the same day. Therefore, the customer wait a few days until the update.
  • 8

    The problem of different number of employment with passports in addition employment as a result of runaway and recorded final exit

    The Ministry of Labor take employment data from national information center, where the final exit lead to delete working fugitive, but does not delete from passport office, while the author of labor office and passports are not counted on the established.
  • 9

    When express customer data shows a non-true

    The customer to civil status for print detailed the full name and date of birth, if faced a problem when recording data. The problem often be in write information in a wrong way or does not matched with "civil status"
  • 10

    non-arrival of password, and activation links for email

    At the outset we must make sure that the email the Registrar at the ministry after that selects Forgot your password and was complemented by the blanks required and then the Customer is required to make sure that "junk mail" (non-important ) and repeated attempt to password Request Activation picketed 3 times. If the problem persists, the officer of the Center for Communication to open the request to re-send a link Activation section of technical support.
  • 11

    Credentials Committee in some companies do not appear to be the installations

    In the past, it was not supposed to be registered with the Commissioner of the Ministry of Labor, currently, the commissioner to be registered in the name of the established and registered as commissioners to the system by the Office of the requirement to be registered in insurance.
  • 12

    Representative -illegal does not appear to all branches of through electronic services

    It must first be ascertained if the dealer up-to-date registered at the Labor Office and the consolidated entity (with a preference for each facility to be special commissioner)
  • 13

    After updates data and the names of staff saudis and non-saudi installations list is locked back

    The customer asked passports office for print worker Data:

    • If it is found that the name is the name of the owner of the new work, attend the customer data to the labor Office procedures are taken to update
    • If the name of the old Guarantor, it means is not transfer and customer must demand for the new transfer.
  • 14

    Activate user name

    If there is a problem, they either:

    • That Customer is not recorded in insurance will be asked to review
    • Insurance or that it is not recorded as
  • 15

    Delete users

    Cannot delete the users through the ministry of labor website. The customer's request to the labor office for Modification the e-mail.
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  Labor Offices

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    Can I get the number of the Ministry of Labor?

    Contact the ministry's customer service center number: 19911 and you can find all the information on the ministry's website ;www.mol.gov.sa
  • 2

    How do I submit a complaint to one of the offices of the work?

    To submit a complaint to one of the offices of the work, please go to the Office of the defendant and the complaint or through contact center.
  • 3

    What are the documents required to file a complaint with the labor offices?

    The customer number that highlights the civil registry number and established, in addition to personal phone number
  • 4

    What Can I Do to Resolve did not respond to the complaint by the Office work?

    The customer to follow up the issue with the Office of the complaints in the Ministry of Labor, through the Center for Communication or to attend personally to the ministry and to highlight No. complaint to ensure their validity and follow-up through the Ministry of Labor and then call the Customer to benefit
  • 5

    What are the documents required to follow up on the complaint with the Ministry of Labor?

    To follow up on the complaint, the customer give No. civil registry, No. established, telephone number, facsimile number and complaint at the labor office
  • 6

    How do I make a complaint about one of the staff members in the labor offices?

    The customer to go to the office who work in which the employee, and direct the complaint to the Director, where follow-up to the complaint and advise the customer
  • 7

    If it is to benefit from direct before the Director in the office work, how can I follow up on the complaint?

    The client then go to the Ministry of Labor, and written testimony concerning the problem that has occurred, in addition to the adoption of health information, attached full submissions.
  • 8

    What is the type of complaints, which could be provided by the staff member to the employer?

    The types of complaints:

    • Delay of salaries (3 months and more)
    • Assigned to different work on the nature of the work agreed upon in the contract signed between the two parties
    • Abuse
    • Lack of employee housing
    • Contrary to one of the conditions for the Decade
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  Nitaqat

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    What are the basic steps to follow established to make sure that the scope of the facility reflects the true scope of facility they deserve?

    The facilities take the following steps to amend their statements and get the real evaluation:

    • Make sure to match the number of "labor importation" with data dropouts established in the Ministry of Labor and general Organization for Social Insurance and the Ministry of the Interior
    • In the absence of a file of the debtor to general Organization for Social insurance, established to promptly opened a file with express all its employees
    • Make sure to check all Saudi staff in the General Organization for Social Insurance counted in total number of employment of the debtor and thus determine the real number of facility staff
    • Payment of all fees due to all employment by the General Organization for social insurance, where it will not be found to calculate the proportion of resettlement employment there is no payment to the General Organization for Social Insurance
    • Be sure the Saudi staff branches established - through the Social Insurance "GOSI online" - because it will not be charged Saudi staff who are not linked to branches established until the full payment of fees owed to them in social insurance
    • Enter the employers in the calculation of the proportion of resettlement in individual installations (without the need to pay insurance fees) provided that the participants in the originating in other insurance, and if the employer's more than single property will be calculated in the proportions of resettlement in main branch only
    • The right partners in companies (who are working to established) express their names in social insurance will be refunding as participants in the proportion of resettlement provided that payment of fees and insurance does not have been involved in other facility
  • 2

    Does the customer must update each and every one of the existing staff in established?

    • Update data must not working properly if the number established in the Ministry of Labor has been identified and linking with him properly
    • On the other hand, if the data is not correct the employer must be updated data (labor importation no. Or national identity no. to the owner) in the Ministry of Labor and General Organization for Social Insurance in order to be linked to the Saudi participants branch automatically or can be, after linking between the two facilities, update linked to branches facilities through the Site " GOSI online - "link" to link participants to Saudis installations of the Ministry of Labor
  • 3

    The most important problems descending established in the scope of red or yellow?

    • Be sure to check all Saudi staff to general Organization for Social Insurance rates because resettlement will depend
    • Be sure to pay all social insurance receivables employment Saudis and non-Saudis
    • Be sure to match No. established in labor importation in each of the Ministry of Labor and general Organization for Social Insurance and the Ministry of the Interior
    • Make sure that all licenses established up-to-date ( commercial register, municipal license, certificate of Zakat) not to be affected by the proportion of resettlement
  • 4

    What is the objective of the nitaqat program?

    • The program of nitaqat is new criterion to stimulate facilities on the resettlement of posts
    • The ministry is using "mechanism for calculating the resettlement" classification of entities within each category" ( the volume of activity" ) to varying degrees in resettlement so that each entity is classified as compared with the performance of other entities in the same category, and it will be the classification of each category to four domains: Red, yellow, green, excellent, and the green divided into three groups )low green, medium, Green, high Green ) so that the entities at least in resettlement in red-classified Supreme entities settling in green bands and excellent high.
    • The ministry is through controls tables services to a number of facilities and incentives to entities on the basis of the scope of the entity. Where the ministry will launch a range of facilities and incentives to encourage periodic and quarterly cooperating entities in resettlement.

    
    

    
    
    
    
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    What do you recommend a ministry facility in the high green-ranging client?

    • We have achieved rates of resettlement of good customer and unfolded the ministry to maintain this range and the upgrading of excellent range for more incentives, and would be able to benefit from incentives provided by the ministry.
  • 6

    What the ministry advises to client facility in high green scope?

    • We have achieved excellent customer rates and unfolded the ministry to maintain this range to take advantage of the incentives provided.
  • 7

    How to deal with companies that operate in multiple sectors under one commercial ?

    • will be dealing with each activity independently, the treaty will be divided into separate entities by activity was to identify the rates of resettlement of different green, yellow and red for each volume in any activity
    • Each branch must be registered under sub-branch and all must be independent facility number.
    • The website will automatically identifies the customer on all of its entities and private call its installations through enter established common recruitment number, and would provide them with size of each entity (number of employment), and the ratio of actual resettlement achieved, as will enable him to compare percentages required by its activity and size
  • 8

    The mandate of the more than a facility, when enter my identity in the ministry did not appear on site only the private?

    • In order to be authorized to engage in unauthorized you do, you have to be registered on the established
    • Allows the commissioner to be the Commissioner of the dealer either one facility allows him to be an agent for three files.
  • 9

    Why has there is no difference between the number of Saudis who are registered and the ratio of resettlement?

    • The number of Saudis insurance depends on registered only, and the ratio of resettlement based on the irregular payment of insurance.
  • 10

    Do you choose a branch established in the Ministry of Labor, as well as Saudi when moving a mandatory common in established through the website?

    • Yes, step mandatory to know which scope is established
  • 11

    How can I be sure that it was linked to my information in the Ministry of Labor and Social Insurance is properly updated and my branch established in the Ministry of Labor?

    You can, through the " GOSI online - "link" link participants Saudis installations of the Ministry of Labor:

    • The case has been linked to your information correctly will show you after searching a drop-down menu in all branches of your property in the Ministry of Labor figures show you
    • If you did not appear, it means that you need to update your data (labor importation No. or national identity no. of owner) in the Ministry of Labor and Social Insurance Organization in order to be linked to the sections automatically
  • 12

    When adding Saudi Subscribers through the website, do not show me the option branch established in the Ministry of Labor, what do I do?

    • You can add participants through insurance website without problems if it shows you the option No. established in the Ministry of Labor website, this means that you need to update your data (labor importation No. or national identity no. of owner) in the Ministry of Labor and general Organization for Social Insurance Organization in order to be linked to the sections automatically
  • 13

    Can I correct branch established a working in the Ministry of Labor and transferred to section right?

    • You can through the web site of the Ministry of Labor Electronic Services provided that it is on the File transferred to the proportion of the Saudization of achieving this employment rate of resettlement inflows, the Saudis are, through the Social Insurance website
  • 14

    If it is not linked to Saudi working Section Can I linked to?

    • You can, through the Site " GOSI online - "link" link participants Saudis installations in the Ministry of Labor
  • 15

    When you add a subscriber through the Site, do not show me all the facilities in the Ministry of Labor, what do I do?

    • you need to update your data (labor importation No. or national identity no. of owner) in the Ministry of Labor and Social Insurance Organization in order to be linked to the automatic installations
  • 16

    When you add subscribers through the site, facilities shows me in the Ministry of Labour is affiliated to me, what do I do?

    • You need to check the property and information via display facility information on the home page of the site after logging in your account's Insurance Online:
    • Created shows you information and you need to confirm number of recruitment or the number of the national identity of the owner which shows you on the screen
    • If it was wrong, it means that you need to update your data (number of recruitment or the number of the national identity of the owner) in the Ministry of Labor in the General Organization for Social Insurance to be linked automatically Branches
  • 17

    A different number of Saudis who appear to the Ministry of Labor and those who are from the actual number of mine

    • The preparation of the Saudis in the ministry is in conformity with what the insurance after data update established. Therefore, you need to pay all amounts insurance contributions of workers either the percentage of Saudization. It is linked to the insurance payment
  • 18

    Do I Need to inform or audit or hand over a list of Saudi workers to the Ministry of Labor after registered in insurance?

    • No, you are not required, where will be read automatically by nitaqat Program
  • 19

    can we add the owner " Saudi " in its installations as a participant?

    • Yes, it is possible that, is recorded automatically if not recorded in insurance to another facility
  • 20

    What are the reasons and what work if the number of workers of the debtor's Saudi " zero " in nitaqat program of the Ministry of Labor?

    If it is made sure that the data has been updated on both sides and matching (by labor importation No. or national identity no. of owner) have been linked to branches to the Ministry of Labor, the average number of workers established Saudi zero in nitaqat program of the Ministry of Labor would be for one of these reasons:

    • There is no Saudis are registered in established in insurance
    • The date of the statement must be renovated old insurance
    • Established by the violation must be reimbursable Insurance Review
    • The balance owed and balances of contributions of workers
    • Established has employees minors (under 18 years), not counted in the number of saudization in proportion of resettlement
  • 21

    Does Social Insurance is currently record the Saudi employer within the employment data of the insured as a factor on nitaqat program or optional only according to previous procedures for facilities that have a number of employment Less Than 10?

    • Enter the employer at the expense of the proportion of resettlement in individual installations (without the need to pay insurance fees) provided that the participants in the originating in other insurance, and in the case of the author of the work more than a single property will be calculated in the proportions of resettlement in main branch only.
  • 22

    Do calculates nitaqat program from their official posts in the government and who have part-time in another sector?

    • If you add in social insurance, the employee always calculated partial half Saudi.
    • It may not be any entity that more than the number of part-time more than 10% of the total number of employment entities except for Saudi Arabia has wholesale and retail trade activity and malnutrition as it would allow the number of staff has always been partial 50% MAXIMUM OF Saudi labor
  • 23

    If the subscriber below the age of 18 years and registered in my property is calculated within the percentage of Saudization. The Ministry of Labor?

    • The joint is not calculated at least 18 years of age within the percentage of Saudization. Depending on the requirements of the Ministry of Labor
  • 24

    Does the system include foreign investor, whether it includes foreign banks licensed by the Capital Market?

    • Yes, all the facilities registered with the employment offices, which have 10 or more workers follow nitaqat program
  • 25

    Do you check with special needs through the Office work and what is required to register?

    • registration of special needs can through automated linkage between security and interior, which will lead to calculated automatically without need to register in particular.
    • The number of special needs calculated as four person's in resettlement they will be limited not to exceed the special needs of more than 10% of the total number of Saudi labor at the facility, and if the number of special needs exceeds the specified percentage will be calculated per person with special needs one person only
  • 26

    Do You calculate the joint work of the more than a facility at the same time within the percentage of Saudization. The Ministry of Labor?

    • Joint will not be calculated, who works at the same time, the employer's first record, which, according to the requirements of the Ministry of Labor.
  • 27

    How will this affect nitaqat of the growth of private sector facilities?

    • The ministry is keen on the design of the program so that the most of the facilities in the green scope, so as to ensure the smooth implementation of the program and to ensure the continuity of the wheel spin the economy
    • As for the facilities inside the scopes red, yellow, and will be upgrading the ranges of the highest possible effort is easy, because binding ratios of resettlement realistic and reasonable and easy achieved
  • 28

    Is nitaqat will take into account the quality of the bands career opportunities available or return of physical labor or national interest is rather job numbers available?

    • The program deals with the challenge of unemployment ranges from the perspective of the descent binding settlement in all private sector facilities. Then comes "hafiz" to help looking for work to complete by another system of resettlement by providing a database of competencies available quality and recorded the program
    • With regard to financial benefit that is not intervene in the ministry, but it is up to the employer and the nature of the post available and we expect to increase the demand for labor that would lead to an increase in national financial returns Saudi Agent indirectly
  • 29

    Do you contribute to "nitaqat" in improving the environment for the work of the Saudis?

    • The "nitaqat" appropriate working environment for manpower Saudi Arabia, and gives them an opportunity to continue and stability for periods longer than the work, through the registration requirement of labor in Saudi Arabia social insurance to be counted in the resettlement of the enterprise
  • 30

    Is nitaqat will force installations to exit from the market?

    • On the contrary: Percentages required in the Green and excellent scope was much less than required in the past. Therefore, it is expected that the start of installations in improving their positions hope in access to "hafiz" and benefits provided by the program, which would assist not only to continue but also competition with installations in green and excellent scope
  • 31

    What is the relationship between nitaqat program and hafiz programme?

    • The relationship between the two programs complementary relationship, it will take advantage of the lists looking for work hafiz program needs to provide facilities of the Labor Employment Saudi Arabia
    • Is the link between the two programs, where is the need for the facilities of the national workforce guided by a database registered as researchers work in hafiz Program
  • 32

    Is nitaqat program will reduce the ranges of the issuance of visas?

    • The program will help in the re-distribution of Immigrant employment beneficiaries, and not reduced
    • Allowed to issue visas New Green scope, according to transparent procedures manual
    • Allowed to issue visas range new excellent scope condition without restrictions to scale down green scope
  • 33

    is nitaqat program will contribute in providing job opportunities for Saudis?

    • The program of "nitaqat" distinct installations in resettlement multiple benefits to help them further growth, backed by local, regional, and global competition, thus providing more job opportunities for Saudis host
    • The facilities in the red, yellow scopes will continue in economic performance, which will increase demand on the element of Saudi labor
  • 34

    Do you Deprive arrivals sons and daughters and young couples Saudi citizens (and non-Saudi) of the renewal of residence permits, their work if they were in the red, yellow, and bands, although refunding rates in resettlement?

    • The category of Immigrant employment and private (inward and his wife Saudi, inflows and her husband, newcomer, his mother, and Saudi Arabia, Saudi inflows and her mother) does not request them work license
  • 35

    Do nitaqat programme apply of (employment home)?

    Nitaqat for the private sector facilities and does not apply to home employment.
  • 36

    Is there a special number to complaints and suggestions?

    • You can submit complaints and suggestions on 19911
  • 37

    What is the difference between the Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry of Labor?

    • The Chamber of Commerce is the central trade between the private sector and NGOs, and to ratify the existence of companies
    • The Ministry of Labor is responsible for the Organization of Employment
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    which activity of public administration of the enterprise?

    • Follow the main company under the consolidated and depends on the number of records owned by.
  • 39

    What is the difference between the entity and the other?

    • The other entity is different from the actual activity exercised by the Entity consists of branches groups similar to exercise the same activity in established
  • 40

    Do nitaqat include governmental authorities?

    • No
  • 41

    Is Saudi employee working part time calculate?

    • Yes, counted half employees and may not be of any entity that more than the number of part-time more than 10% of the total number of employment entities except for Saudi Arabia has wholesale and retail trade and activity malnutrition, where the number of staff always partial 50% maximum of Saudi labor
  • 42

    can transfer employment within single entity?

    The ministry will deal with the entity full independence with regard to resettlement, or transfer of Immigrant employment, with the following controls transfer of labor from one entity to another:

    • In the case of factor services come from the author of the work to another, you must complete the transfer services, according to the existing procedures.
    • When the employer's desire to transfer incoming labor between two entities of the same established or the same owner should be taken into account following controls:

    * Transport allowed in the case of a transfer of employment to the entity in the excellent scope, provided that the transferee entity remains in excellent scope

    * Transport allowed in the case of a transfer of employment to an entity in terms of green scope:

    - To maintain the entity transferred to the green-scale after transport

    - That should be the transfer of employment of an entity in an activity with the requirements of the resettlement of low to another entity in an activity with the requirements of the resettlement of the highest.

    *Allow transport at the closure of the entity to another entity, provided that the transferee entity in Excellent or green scopes and keeps the scope after the transfer

     
  • 43

    The institution classified red scope note that the owner of the institution logged Saudis insurance and paying their dues and make sure of data coming in the Ministry of Interior, what is the problem?

    • Make sure that all licenses established up-to-date ( commercial register, municipal license, certificate of Zakat) not to be affected by the proportion of resettlement.
    • Note that update to calculate the proportion of insurance resettlement is a weekly
  • 44

    If one of the entities in an institution, which include more than the activity of the red scope is classified as an institution in the red scope and is having an activity in an institution, in general?

    • No, does not affect the entity in the range at least on the established in general, so that if there is one of the entities in the red scope, will be able to benefit from other entities some of the services of the Ministry like labor importation and other
  • 45

    What are the required data in the ministry to know the classification of the institution?

    • The enterprise is classified according to civil registry (ID).
  • 46

    how to calculate the student ratios in resettlement?

    • The student will be charged a half Saudi worker, provided that it does not exceed 10% of the total employment in Saudi entity, except for entities of wholesale and retail trade activity and nutrition, where the ratio of students 50%, in case the descent, is not calculated in the higher proportion of resettlement
  • 47

    how to calculate students enroll?

    • We do not count student enrolment in the percentage of Saudization. As a student, but as an employee is calculated normal
  • 48

    how to calculate Saudi (male, female) which had already been implemented prison penalty

    • Calculated (2) Saudi worker in the first joined the facility after the implementation of the judgment to become its record free. This requires the employer recorded in the Office of Social Insurance
  • 49

    how to calculate newcomer, who was sentenced prison penalty

    • Inward calculates zero in case he is imprisoned, and one after leaving
  • 50

    How calculates inflow and his wife Saudi or incoming Saudi husband?

    • Calculated inflow/inflows and his wife/her husband Saudi/Saudi as Saudi if/was to ensure his wife/her husband in the case of a transfer of his bail/ensured the established calculated foreign incomer.
  • 51

    How calculates inflow/inflow and his mother/mother/Saudi Saudi?

    • Calculate the newcomer his / her mother a Saudi as one Saudi attributed to resettlement if/was to ensure that the mother, in the case of a transfer of his bail/ensured the established, calculated foreign incomer.
  • 52

    how to calculate the Gulf worker rates in resettlement?

    • Calculated as one Saudi worker in resettlement ratios
  • 53

    Do You calculate partners who are working in established in the proportion of resettlement?

    • Yes, the partner is calculated if not calculated to originate in the other jointly in insurance
  • 54

    What are the documents required to calculate inflow for the percentage of Saudization?

    The customer must provide the following documents:

    • Participation insurance No.
    • The name and number of the facility, which operates in insurance
    • The name and number of the established and registered in the Ministry of Labor
    • Image of accommodation
    • A picture of the birth certificate (if the mother is a Saudi woman spends)
    • A picture of the marriage (if the wife A Saudi woman spends)
    • Image of national identity card or family (a wife or mother or husband Saudi Arabia)
    • Attach the approval of health pledged all data and official documents and assume full responsibility in case proved otherwise

    Send e-mail to: specialforiegn@gosi.gov.sa

    For queries please call :0118087241.
  • 55

    Do worker is entitled to move from its origin in red scope without the permission of the employer to origin did not enter in nitaqat (less than 10 workers ) ?

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    Can we transfer service facility of working in the red scope to a facility in the red or yellow scope?

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    can renew the work permit two years?

    • Cannot Be renewal of work license for more than one year
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  Wages protection system

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    What is Wages protection system?

    Wages protection system monitor the operations of salaries of all workers (male, female) in the private sector facilities (Saudis and foreigners) with a view to the establishment of a database containing up-to-date information on the payment of the wages of workers in the private sector and to identify the extent of the obligation to pay wages installations in time value agreed upon.
  • 2

    What is the benefit of Wages protection system?

    1. Ensure that workers' wages and working in private sector facilities in time a corrective element agreed, which ensures healthy work environment encourages the raising productivity.
    2. As a means to prove the work and identify the real imaginary installations and workers and workers in private sector facilities bulk.
    3. Transparency of information in wages of workers' rights in the private sector and of the Repertoire will guarantee the rights of the Parties to the action.
    4. More security in financial dealings through the reduction of risks of cash exchange salaries of workers and workers in private sector facilities.
  • 3

    What is the mechanism for Wages protection system?

    The program monitors exchange data monthly wages of installations and compared with data recorded in the Ministry of Labor and the ministry is monitoring the payment discipline in time value agreed and, as has been recorded in the program for the Protection of Wages.
  • 4

    What controls the system?

    The duration of the delay upload file	Controls
    One month	Inspection visit
    Two months	Turn off all services except for service of issuing and renewal of work permits.
    Three months	Turn off all services. allow transfer of employment services to another employer without the approval of the treaty, even if they had not completed the work permit.

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    What are the facilities work?

    1. Inventory of bank accounts and cards numbers salary for each employee. In the absence of an account is established in the opening of an account or the issuance of a card ATM for each employee.

    2. Update data wages for workers and workers in private sector facilities periodically and as soon as any change and that in order to be contrary to correct data on the rate of discipline.

    3. preparation of monthly wage exchange file, which represents the formula adopted by the Ministry salaries.

    4. Send a file exchange monthly wages to the Bank and then the receipt of certified copy after exchange rate.

    5. The file of salaries documented in the site of the Program of Protection of Wages. and the established to make sure that the exchange rate is agreed-upon values and number of staff.
  • 6

    Can I report of wages for workers and workers in private sector facilities only national?

    No, on the report of wages for all workers and workers in private-sector enterprises, whether they are national or unanticipated
  • 7

    How do I lift the file if You Do I issuing from more than one bank?

    Could Be lifting more than a file in month
  • 8

    What do you do if any amendments to the messier wages require an amendment to the Protection of Wages?

    You can delete the file during the five days of the date of the booster first could be re-raising the file to correct data
  • 9

    Does the program includes workers and workers in private sector facilities modern incoming come (less than 90 Day)?

    On the established raising data wages of all workers and workers in private sector facilities, but the program for the Protection of Wages will not monitor workers and workers in the private sector inflows modern facilities come (less than 90 days)
  • 10

    Labor wages to receive daily or weekly or piece how I decide exchange operations wages?

    In this case the lifting of a file of salaries on a weekly basis.
  • 11

    What is the file format wage protection?

    Document can be loaded technical specifications for the file from the ministry website.
  • 12

    Do all banks participating in the program for the Protection of Wages?

    Yes, all banks participation
• 6

  Organization & complaints women shops

  • 1

    Can I Get general information about the program?

    This requires the program work in stores selling women's necessities to Saudi women in accordance with specific Controls. It is intended that shops selling women's underclothes and shops selling cosmetics, whether in Commercial centers in commercial centers closed or open or souvenir of a stand-alone. You can also visit the Home page of the Organization of the work of women in women's clothing stores on the ministry's website www.portal.mol.gov.sa/ar/taneeth
  • 2

    What about the multiplicity of shops that sell other goods side by side with women's clothes? What are the changes that need to be done by looters in order to comply with?

    So-called multi-departmental stores and thus arrange the shop in accordance with the Employment Saudi woman In the shop, and the appointment of (3) female staff at least in one work shift, and determine whether for Women only or families.
  • 3

    Are working women's must be Saudi nationality?

    Yes, the conditions that the Saudi
  • 4

    Are there any prizes/benefits more female workers more than what is required of them, as the ranges of "netaqat"?

    To increase the Ratio of Localizations to the foundation, which would help to make use of the services of the Ministry website, and advantage services of an employee.
  • 5

    What are the consequences of non-compliance with the terms of this organization?

    The customer to civil status for print detailed the full name and date of birth, if faced a problem when recording data. The problem often be in write information in a wrong way or does not matched with "civil status"

    Will be considered as four measures; the guidance or stimulation or a written warning or Edit infraction will be the Work of the following: -

    • Turn Off services of the Ministry.
    • Address governmental authorities to close down the foundation.
    • Other penalties provided by a labor law.

    Adopt measures according to the nature of the offenses, the breach of international feminization and resettlement Services off will be followed by the Ministry, while other irregularities may range between counseling and Guidance to written warning.

    However alert or warning, written notice will be the Government of the Principality (Imarah, Municipality, branch Of ministry of commerce and passports general department) in case of the presence of other offenses within the Scope of supervisory authorities.
  • 6

    How do I make a complaint when replace does not comply?

    You can provide a complaint by contact No. 19911 or send an updated information e-mail to taneeth@mol.gov.sa
  • 7

    Where can propose to us recruit effectively women events? Does the Ministry of Labor has such established?

    You can take advantage of the currently available information was done to work, which were counted in Incentive Program through the public administration joint training-public institution technical and vocational training and the Fund for the development of human resources recuperation of harmonization between job opportunities available And the job seekers from women and communicate with them of all the necessary procedures e.g. places Interviews
  • 8

    Is there a difference in the complaint through the contact center public or work office?

    Contact Center provides assistance necessary to direct the customer to the necessary channels to deal with his Complaint, note that the terms of reference, on the one hand the complaint
  • 9

    Are there any requirements for organizing inside the shop?

    Taking into account the stores selling women's necessities as follows:

    • The employer must not obscure the inside of a selling women's necessities if the shop for women only, and prevents men from entering it. It is prohibited for the employer to obscure the inside of the shop if the Ad Hoc prizes
    • Prohibited the employment of male, female workers together in one place, with the exception of the multiple shops sections, must be in this situation that at least number of women workers in the shop for three workers in shift work.
    • Must be on the employer if the shop in itself or was signed in business center is open to provide security guard or an electronic security system in the store, if there is no security guarding general provided by commercial center, which is located in the shop
    • Must be on the employer if the shop in itself or was a reality in the business center is open to the toilet or more inside the shop, according to need. Unless toilet's for women in business center, which is located within the shop is more than fifty meters from the shop
  • 10

    How to verify requirements in case shops for women by ministry?

    The Ministry of Labor search on the application of the resolution and controls through its inspectors in labor Offices.

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The following are guidelines, and Tagalog translation of the Saudi Labor Law as translated by Mr. Alex Asuncion and posted in this blog with his permission. Due credit to Sir Alex Asuncion for this valuable info for our kababayan in Saudi Arabia. We encourage other overseas Filipinos especially those who are in Saudi Arabia to share this very important post. 

For the English and Arabic version of the Saudi labor Law please visit the www.moi.gov.sa portal. 

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