Saudi labor authorities have penalized nine companies because they violated the rules of recruiting domestic workers, Gulf News reported.
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Human Resources stated that those firms had violated the regulations of service provision as they surpassed the cost limits of hiring domestic workers specified on a government platform.
Therefore, the violating businesses are obliged to refund the undue money to the beneficiaries.
It is worth noting that the licensee shall take into consideration the value of the money received in exchange for mediating in recruitment.
According to the rules on recruitment and providing labor services, the firms must offer transfer services according to the caps specified by the ministry.
In the light of this, the ministry’s penalties are part of its pivotal efforts to safeguard employers’ rights and foster transparency in the recruitment sector.
In recent years, Saudi Arabia has made bold strides towards regulating the domestic labor market.
Consequently, the Ministry of Human Resources has launched Musaned, a platform for domestic labor affairs, to inform customers about their rights and duties. Moreover, it offers several services, such as visa issuance, recruitment requests, as well as contracts between employers and workers.
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