Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Saudi Arabia as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Saudi Arabia: Tensions across the middle east
Tensions are escalating across the middle east, centred on relations between Saudi-Arabia and Iran …
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Saudi Arabia: Driving licence for women
From the 24th of June next year women will be able to hold a driving licence …
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Saudi Arabia: Full foreign ownership of engineering firms
Last year’s decision to allow retail and wholesale businesses to operate without a Saudi partner has now been extended to engineering consultancy companies …
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Saudi Arabia: A special levy for expatriates
Expatriates must now pay a special levy of 100 riyals (US$27) per month on each dependant (such as wife or child) who lives with them in the country …
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Saudi Arabia: 4 year multiple-entry visit visas available for french nationals
According to the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in France, French passport holders travelling to Saudi Arabia for business purposes are now eligible for multiple-entry visit visas valid for up to 4 years …
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Saudi Arabia: Allowing women to perform certain public duties
King Salman has signed a Royal Decree allowing women to perform certain – as yet unspecified – public duties without permission from a male relative …
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Saudi Arabia: New hiring procedure
Job vacancies must now be advertised on a government website in Saudi Arabia – Taqaat – for 45 days before an employer can proceed to hire a foreigner …
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Saudi Arabia: Costly visas
The middle-east Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has recently unveiled a raft of fee rises for travel visas …
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Saudi Arabia: Fact or fiction?
It was interesting to read in an email supplement to People Management Magazine recently that Saudi Arabia is going to need a further 250,000 HR professionals by 2030 …
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Saudi Arabia: Mandatory medical insurance
The Saudi government has introduced a requirement for all foreign nationals intending to visit the country to purchase an approved level of medical emergency insurance cover …
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Saudi Arabia: Saudization to apply to HRM
New restrictions on foreign investments and posts held by foreigners are being introduced to ensure that multinationals make significant investments that spread benefits to the Saudi population …
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Saudi Arabia: Shura Council and Labour Ministry continue to support 40-hour week
The consultative assembly (Shura Council) and Saudi Labour Ministry have rejected representations made by Chambers of Commerce on why they should reconsider their decision to introduce a 40-hour week and obligatory two-day weekend in the private sector in Saudi Arabia …
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Saudi Arabia: Significant amendments to labour law come into force
It has been announced that the significant and wide-ranging amendments to Saudi Arabia’s labour law, which were approved in April 2015, will come into force on October 8th …
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Saudi Arabia: Jobs declared off limits to foreign nationals
As part of its campaign to encourage the employment of Saudi Arabian nationals, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Labour recently announced 19 jobs that may not be filled by foreign nationals …
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