Riyadh, Feb 27: Employees of companies that fail to implement the Labor Ministry’s wage protection law would be allowed to transfer their services to other firms, without the previous employer’s permission.
The Labor Office plans to open a 25-counter room at the Inspection Office to receive inquiries raised by private sector firms on problems related to the application of the program, said Abdullah Al-Olayan, director general of the ministry’s branch office in Riyadh.
The staff of the unit is empowered to tackle obstacles facing employers, notably complications arising from the application of the program at the Ministry’s website or errors on the wage lists submitted by the banks, he said. The ministry is ready to respond to any difficulties in the WPP system — still in its early stages, he said.
The program is originally meant to document and authenticate wage data of Saudis and foreigners working in the private sector. The ministry was keen to see the program easy to apply in coordination with the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, Al-Harbi said.
Later, a discussion was opened between businessmen and ministry representatives. The discussion, run by the Head of Committee of Human Resources at RCCI Mansour Al-Shathry, dealt with problems related to delay in activation of the employees’ wage cards and, sometimes, reluctance of banks to accept workers of low salaries. Labor officials promised to solve such problems with SAMA.
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