09/11/2014
During an extended workshop hosted by the East Chamber
The Ministry of Labor launches fourth phase of the Wages Protection System measures
Al-Otaibi: The system seeks to resolve the financial problems of employment and enterprise
The Ministry of labor called on all private sector enterprises to join in the protection of wages, which entered its fourth phase starting in early November, the workshop held recently at the East Chamber in Dammam, Advisor to the Deputy Minister participated in the work of inspection and development of ergonomics Kaitlyn, and presence of wage protection program director with the Ministry, Ibrahim Nasser, as well as representatives of the Agency and the General Organization for social insurance. Al Otaibi said in a paper that the program wage protection is a monitor for the payment of wages for all workers in private enterprises (Saudis and expatriates), for the objectives sought by the Ministry was establishment of a database containing updated information on the remuneration of employees in the private sector, and to measure the commitment of enterprises to pay wages on time and in the agreed value, and thus reducing wage differences between establishments and private sector employment.
Accordingly, the program as Alotaibi carries many features and benefits including: 'ensure payment of wages and the agreed value, building a database to be used in the regulation of the labor market, and documentation of the rights of the parties, security in financial transactions ', especially if we know that the program simple and easy to use, confidential, and does not have any additional costs, and applied gradually, depending on the schedule, announced by the Ministry, the third stage started from the beginning of the month of Muharram.
Select-some actions that should be carried out by establishments covered by this stage and the facilities to deal with banks by limiting the numbers of bank accounts for each worker. Or salary employment cards that do not have accounts, file preparation (pay monthly) as adopted (pay monthly), the file is sent monthly to pay the Bank and then documented version received after the Exchange. Calling on institutions to access the account established in the electronic services of the Ministry of labor, raising pay is documented in the file location of the protection of wages, and wage data updated on a monthly basis, ensure that the total pay is equal to the total basic salary plus a housing allowance and other benefits like, minus deductions.
He noted that in the event of a breach in the file, the wage protection system to send e-mail to the facility to correct the errors in the file, after the file patch you can set up the file again. He said that if the Treaty was delayed to file for a month in comprehensive visitations, if an event delayed for two months is shut down all services except the issuance and renewal of work permits, and if an event delayed for three months, the penalty is up to stop all services, allowing employment to transfer services from one employer to another, without the consent of the owner of the current even though its license is not over, stressing the lack of tolerance for the Ministry of labor to apply sanctions against enterprises that do not raise files Wages.
