New Saudi labour law to benefit 7m foreign workers
Saudi Arabia's new labour law for its seven million strong foreign work force, majority of whom are Indians, offers better working conditions like increased leave and higher end-of-term benefits.
Quoting from the new law, the Saudi Ministry of Labour said that the law protects the rights of Saudi and expatriate workers and ensures balanced relations between employers and employees.
"The new law with 245 articles and 16 chapters is an achievement for workers. It increases annual leave from 15 to 21 days and to 30 days for those who have completed five years of service," the ministry was quoted as saying in Arab News.
The law considers amounts due to the worker or his heirs as "first rate privileged debts," adding that the worker and his heirs shall, for the purpose of settling them, be entitled to a privilege over all the employer's properties.
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