In
the monthly meeting on Tuesday in Asharqia Chamber branch in Qatif
Al
Marzouq: Ministry seeks to keep the
rights of workers and employers
A
member of the follow up team by the
Ministry of Labour in the Eastern Region Branch Ibrahim Al Marzouq said that
the ministry is keen on the sustainability of the positive relationship between
the employer and the worker, so as to ensure the rights of all parties in the
process.
He
stressed in a lecture presented in theTuesday monthly meeting in the branch of Asharqia Chamber in Qatif (Tuesday, 01/17/2016), chaired by the Chamber board of directors
member Abdul Muhsen Bin Abdul Majeed Al Faraj about the transparency of the ministry in
dealing with the notes and complaints and ideas of citizens regarding labor
affairs, and through the gate "Maan",
adding that any decision by the ministry it presents it to the gate before the approval
to hear the opinions of the audience about it, he has the right to choose the
paragraph he would like to comment on, and can also look at all the opinions
and observations made by others about the decision, and the Ministry by a
specialized committee of experts to review comments,
complaints and ideas to study them, therefor the citizen can add anything to
the ministerial decision.
He
added that the ministerial decisions and after being approved and started the implementation
are offered to look at and the details of the proposals and comments on them, so the citizen can know what was before and
after the adoption of the decision.
He
stressed that the modifications and improvements continue as Nitaqat Program,
for example, was of 7 ranges, and now it is now 72 and the progress and the
Notes continue and the ministry is open to all views, either the worker or
employer.
Marzouq
said in his review of the overall changes that have taken place in the labor
regulations, contained in the ministerial decree that was applied in 01.05.1437
and dealt with the employment contract, income,
vacation, end of service benefits etc.
About the employment contract Al Marzouq said that the
contract included a number of changes on the nationalization of jobs, qualifying
and training, and obligations of the worker, explaining that the new modifications approved "the non issuance
of work permissions for non Saudis for careers of the settlement managed by the
ministry", to open up more employment prospects for young Saudis,
the ministry confirmed that no company owns 50 workers and above is
obliged for the qualifying and training of at least 12% of its national employment annually, on the condition that the worker who was trained and qualified should be committed to the employer
after the training period.
Regarding
the issue of incomes he said that it comes in three models (monthly, weekly and
by piece), stressing that this system and the modifications on it from time to time aims to not
stop the institutions for the non payment of salaries,
and changes that have taken place are in the follow up mechanisms, and the gradual
application of the system.
About
vacations Al Marzouq said that the new modifications state that the annual vacations are
21 days for employees to less than five years, increasing to 30 days for those
who have increased the length of service for five years, and can be modified by
an agreement between the worker and the employer, as long as it is for the
benefit of working and within the system, also the working women vacation was
15 days in the death of her husband and increased to 4 months and 10 days for the
Muslim woman, and pregnancy vacation and childbirth 10 weeks and the employer has
the right to request the official papers and certificates from official hospitals,
the marriage vacation for five days, the death of a direct relative vacation is
five days also the
exam vacation according to the agreement in the educational years in the days
of exams, the vacation of the pilgrimage starting from Arafah, and holidays not less
than 4 days.
Regarding the end of service benefits, and the modifications applied on them saying that the
end of the service is usually to by the end of the contract or to resigning, if
the contract ended with the worker, a reward salary of 15 days is granted to the worker and full month payment after the fifth year, and
in case of resigning if the duration of work less than two years, then the worker
doesn’t deserve such a reward of this kind, and after two years to five years, he
takes a third of the reward, after five to ten years and two thirds of the
reward the worker takes full reward after ten years of service regardless
of the type of service by the end of resigning or termination of the contract.
In
conclusion the member of the board of directors Al Faraj honored the guest Al Marzouq with a memorial shield.
