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514 women’s wear shops shut down in 4 months

November 14, 2013

Riyadh, Nov 14: The Ministry of Labor has shut down a total of 514 women’s wear shops in four months for violating the ministry’s regulations to feminize them.shop

Abdullah Abu Thunain, Deputy Minister for inspection and improving work environment, said that a total of 1,173 shops came under penal action for violating regulations between July 7 and Nov. 4.

Among these shops, some 403 were forced to implement the regulation while 174 changed their status by removing the division of women’s wears. But 514 shops were closed down.

Penal action against the shops has been taken following inspections by officials from the ministry throughout the Kingdom. The ministry started implementing its regulation on feminizing shops selling abayas, women’s accessories, and fashion from July 7.

Abu Thunain said that 310 shops in Makkah region violated the regulations followed by Riyadh and the Eastern Province with 279 and 228 shops respectively. A total of 205 shops have been shut down in the Northern Border region while the Asir region recorded the lowest number of violations with 151 shops.

He said the nationwide inspection campaign that started on Nov. 4 against labor and residency law violators will also include women’s wear shops in the retail and wholesale sectors. “Inspectors will also check whether foreign employees at these shops are violating the residency and labor laws such as working with those other than sponsors, engaging in business for their own personal gain,” he said.

The punitive measures include placing the firm running the shop in the red category of the Nitaqat system, blocking the shop’s file from the Labor Office’s computer system, and asking the mayoralty or municipality either to freeze or cancel commercial registration or permanently shut down the shop.

The ministry asked citizens to report to it any violations of these regulations by phone (920001173) or email ([email protected]). The ministry’s inspection campaign comes in the second phase of feminizing shops selling women’s dresses, abayas and accessories. In the first phase, Saudization was implemented in lingerie shops.

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