Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Saudi Arabia as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Saudi Arabia: New short-term work visa valid for up to 90 days in a 1-year period
Employers seeking to bring foreign nationals to Saudi Arabia for short-term work assignments may now do so by purchasing temporary work visa quotas through the Qiwa platform …
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Saudi Arabia: Saudis to stop contacts with foreign firms without HQs
According to a statement from the official news agency SPA, with effect from 1st January 2024, the Saudi government and state-backed institutions will stop signing contracts with foreign companies that base their Middle East headquarters in any other country in the region …
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Saudi Arabia: Employment e-platform
The Saudi government has approved the setting up of an official electronic platform, named the “Unified National Employment Platform”, for job seekers …
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Saudi Arabia: Cabinet approves quarterly renewal of residency and work permits
The Cabinet has just approved a new work permit, valid for a minimum of three months …
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Saudi Arabia: Government considers major changes to Labour Law
The government is considering the extension of paid maternity leave from 10 weeks to 14 weeks …
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Saudi Arabia: Government moves to criminalize brokerage in job hiring
Unlicenced brokers that act as “middle men” for employing expatriate workers could soon be subject to a crackdown, with criminal penalties applied and fines of up to SR 500,000 (US$133,333) …
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Saudi Arabia: 30% of accounting jobs to be Saudized
With effect from June 2021, 30% of accounting jobs in the country must be held by Saudi nationals …
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Saudi Arabia: Al-Rajhi to raise minimum wage for Saudis registered in Nitaqat to SR4,000
The gross monthly minimum wage for FT Saudi workers who are registered under the Saudization quota of the “Nitaqat” program has been increased from SAR 3,000 (US$800) to SAR 4,000 (US$1,067) …
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Saudi Arabia: Reforms for private sector employees to ease work and travel rules
The newly launched Labour Reform Initiative (LRI) is upgrading and liberalising a number of laws concerning foreign workers …
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Saudi Arabia: Only 50% of Saudi workers to get SANED compensation
The government-backed wage subsidy, which is funded through the unemployment insurance system (SANED), has been extended for a further 3 months until January 2021 …
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Saudi Arabia: Saudization in IT and communications sector
We reported the Saudization taking place amongst engineering jobs previously …
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Saudi Arabia: 20% Saudization to cover 117 engineering fields
With effect from the beginning of 2021, all private sector companies operating in the Saudi job market employing five or more engineering professionals, must comply with at least a 20% “Saudization” quota …
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South Africa: NEET rates for youth aged 15–34 years, Q1 2020
Even before the health emergency, during Q1 2020, the percentage of the population aged 15–34 years who were not in employment, education, or training (NEET) was 41 …
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Saudi Arabia: Government allows businesses to delay loan payments for a year
In an attempt to ease pressures on companies and protect jobs during the health crisis, the government is suspending private sector loan repayments for a year …
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Saudi Arabia: ‘Limited’ Hajj due to coronavirus
Each year, devoted Muslims make a pilgrimage to Mecca for Hajj …
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