03/02/2014
With the participation of officials from the Ministry of Labor
Eastern Chamber discussed Wednesday (wage protection program) with the business sector
The East Chamber in cooperation with the Ministry of labor workshop organize (wage protection program) aims to clarify the mechanisms of action of this program for owners of employment from 500 to 2,000 workers through Wednesday 5 Feb 2014 main headquarters in Dammam. The Secretary General of the Chamber Abdul Rahman bin Abdullah Alwabil said that the workshop will be attended by the Under-Secretary of labor inspection and development of ergonomics Abdulla bin Nasser Al-abuthnain, Director of the Ministry's program of wage protection Engineer Ibrahim Nasser, where to go out to public consultation and reviews and take advantage of their experience to support initiatives based on partnership between them and their partners in the private sector.
Alwabil said in the workshop-which are held with the participation of a number of banks to introduce mechanisms for the work of the program-will contribute to enhance awareness of the project, which aims to protect workers ' rights and wages to ensure the payment of their salaries on time, proof of payment of wages to the worker is needed to receive statements, noting that it seeks to limit the malicious complaints. Alwabil said that the workshop manifestations that will eliminate the project of reducing the size of the problems in the labor market, and the employer immediately to curb the spread of the phenomena of cover-up and the bulk of employment. Wage protection program is a program that close follow-up of monthly employment benefits in the private sector and at the agreed time, the program will be supported in the event of any dispute between the employee and the employer, make employment a top priority entitlements the employer.
