Riyadh: Saudi Ministry of Manpower and Social Welfare says private organizations can take steps such as reducing employee hours and salaries and sending them on unpaid leave or emergency leave in the wake of the Krona virus.
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According to the Saudi website, the Saudi Ministry of Manpower and Social Welfare has issued a statement regarding the rights and duties of the employer and mercenary in serious problems arising from the Karuna virus and the crisis.
In a statement issued by the Ministry of Manpower and Social Welfare, private organizations can take steps such as reducing employee hours and salaries and sending them on unpaid leave or emergency leave to cope with the crisis.
According to the Ministry of Labor, in such an environment when the government is taking special steps to deal with the crisis, these are exceptional circumstances, under which the fifth provision of section 74 of the labor law allows private organizations to work with their workers for the next six months. Special measures.
According to the ministry, real-time pay reductions will be allowed; employees can be sent on fixed annual leave; if an employee does not have the annual leave entitlement, then the subsequent vacation can be sent prematurely. Emergency leave can also be given.
The ministry further said that if the private company had subsidized the government to deal with the crisis, the private company could not terminate the employment contract of any of its employees while the employee would have the option to terminate the contract.
The Ministry of Manpower has also facilitated the temporary use of the services of extracurricular workers in Saudi Arabia. It will be implemented through the mercenary gate, an alternative solution to prevent private firms from importing manpower from overseas.
The Ministry of Manpower says that under the current circumstances, no organization should even retire its employees or deprive them of their jobs.
Source: ARY
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