Saudi Arabia: Important law explanation regarding Iqama fee

Saudi Arabia: Important law explanation regarding Iqama fee

Saudi Arabia: Important law explanation regarding Iqama fee
 According to the Saudi website, the Saudi Ministry of Labor has assured that the employment contract will be more important than the sponsorship in the new employment law.

 The employer will not have the right to ban travel or employment elsewhere without the consent of the worker.

 The Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in collaboration with a special committee of the Ministry of Personnel and Social Welfare, organized an online seminar on the country's new labor law, which is to be enacted on March 15, 2021.

 The seminar was attended by Satam bin Amir al-Harbi, secretary of the research committee for improving the working environment, and Hani Abdul Mohsin al-Majal, secretary for planning at the Ministry of Labor, as well as various investors and industrialists.

 The ministry said the proposed law aims to improve the country's labor market and protect employers and employers' rights by eliminating shortcomings, the most important of which would be the employment contract.

 The ministry said it had sought the views of more than 700 investors and industrialists on job transfers for the proposed law, as well as their views on worker layoffs and other issues.

 Addressing the meeting, Secretary to the Ministry Satam Al-Harbi assured that the employment contract with the employer and the employer will have a basic relationship which will be binding on both of them while the worker will have the right to re-enter. Visa through Uber account. However, the necessary conditions for this process will be set.

 The parties will be bound to abide by the labor agreement, and any dispute will be referred to the Labor Court.
 The secretary added that under the new labor law, any worker would be allowed to move from one institution or company to another without any distinction between Saudi or foreign workers.

 The worker will be bound by the agreement while the employer will inform the worker of his concerns so that the agreement can be made keeping them in mind. However, in no way will the employer have the right to force the worker to travel.

 The employment contract will be linked through the waterfall system so that the parties can abide by it and in case of any dispute the document can be submitted to the concerned agency. He added that after the expiration of the contract, the worker will have the right to take a leave of absence or return.

 If the employee does not get a job in another company or company within a specified period, he will also be obliged to leave the country.

 Secretary for Planning Hani Abdul Mohsin Al-Majal said that there is no sponsorship system but only a conditional employment contract will be the applicable law. In the case of the red category, an alternative visa will not be issued.