Expats see relief in new Labor Law
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Sunday 22 December 2013 Last update 23 December 2013 4:29 pm | | A A LATEST STORIES IN SAUDI ARABIA New health budget ‘will boost care for citizens’ Saudi academics hail king’s vision for holistic education New auction mechanism to streamline real estate sector KSA backs Pak envoy for OIC post 90% fewer fire accidents in Jeddah from last year More The new Labor Law, which has been amended by the Shoura Council recently, offers a range of incentives to both Saudi and foreign workers in the private sector. The amended law insists that an employer should obtain written permission from the worker before transferring him to another place. The draft law, however, allows an employer to ask an employee to work in a different place in emergency situations. But the duration should not exceed 30 days in a...