Riyadh, Jul 16: An employer does not have the right to retain the passport of his expat employee without the employee’s consent, Khalid Aba Al-Khail, spokesman for the Ministry of Labor and Social Development, said.
However, if the expat worker wishes the employer to keep his passport, he has to sign a written statement in both Arabic and his native language stating that the employer has received his passport and the date of receipt, he said.
He called on employers not to keep the passports of their employees unless they agree on that to avoid any penalty stipulated by the executive by-laws of the labor law. The penalty includes imposition of a fine of SR2,000 for each case, but can carry multiple fines in case he retains the passports of additional workers.
He said the ministry seeks to regulate the contractual relations between the two parties and fix the rights and duties of both sides, which aims to streamline the Saudi labor market and create a suitable work environment for all parties to ensure increased productivity and promotion of the national economy, he said. He stressed there will be no tolerance for whoever violates the labor system. In this context, he called on the parties concerned to read the executive by-laws of the labor law on the Ministry’s website at www.mosa.gov.sa.
"The US looks at things from their perspective, not from the perspective of this region. The killing of Qassem Soleimani shows ignorance and arrogance. 430 Indian cities saw protests against killing of Soleimani," Zarif said at an event.
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