Dubai, Jul 22: The age of Indian domestic workers looking for employment in Saudi Arabia has been set between 25 and 50 years under a new employment agreement finalised by the two countries, media reported.
"Our agreement with India sets the age of the domestic workers coming to the Kingdom (Saudi Arabia) at between 25 and 50 years. If an Indian maid aged 25 agrees to come to Saudi Arabia, the Indian government will not prevent her," Emirates 24/7 reported citing Ahmed Al Faheed, Saudi labour ministry undersecretary for international affairs, as saying Sunday.
Al Faheed said that the maids would be subjected to a crash course in their respective states in India before being sent to Saudi Arabia.
Such training will be provided by labour agencies in India, he said.
Moreover, Saudi labour agencies are planning to set up offices in India to supervise procedures for the recruitment of maids in Saudi Arabia, including visa, travel, training and other issues, the report said.
Earlier this month, the Saudi-Indian joint committee on labour issues finalised the recruitment contract of domestic workers that consist of several provisions to ensure the authenticity and implementation of the standard employment contract, the recruitment cost, action against recruitment agencies violating laws and a mechanism to prevent cheating by middlemen.
The new recruitment contract is aimed at easing shortage of domestic workers in the world's largest oil exporting country.
The standard employment contract provides minimum wages, working hours, paid holidays and dispute settlement mechanism.
However, the joint agreement also puts forth specific conditions for incoming domestic workers.
"They should be of good conduct, should not have legal or criminal cases. They should pass medical check-up, abide by the laws and traditions during the period of work in the kingdom," the report said.
SR1,200 salary set for Indian housemaids
The new labor contract stipulates that maids must be given free time for at least eight hours daily and a paid vacation of 15 days annually or 30 days after two years of service.
Maids must also be given return economy tickets, the committee said.
Employers must deposit maids' salaries in their bank accounts in the Kingdom at the end of every month and show proof of payment to their domestics.
Employers will also pay SR168 in fees for the endorsement of their maids' documents at the embassy.
Employers are also obliged to help workers transfer their salaries back home and maids should be given enough freedom to contact the embassy or consulate or their family members.
Indian maids looking for employment in Saudi Arabia must be between 25 and 50 under the new employment agreement.
India had first stipulated the maids must be at least 40 before the two countries reached a compromise. “The Indian government will not prevent maids aged 25 from coming into the Kingdom,” said Ahmed Al-Faheed, Saudi Labor Ministry undersecretary for international affairs.
He said Indian maids would be given a crash course in each of the subcontinent's states in India before they are sent to Saudi Arabia. “Training will be provided by labor agencies in India, but Saudi labor agencies are planning to set up offices there to supervise procedures for the recruitment of maids, including visa, travel, training and other issues,” he said.
“It will also ensure that the maids are given adequate housing and are not be manipulated by their employers. At the same time, the agreement includes stringent penalties for recruitment offices which violate the rules and try to cheat domestic labor.”
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