The manager responsible for hiring offenders could face up to a year in prison. Foreign managers will be deported upon completion of their sentence.
Riyadh Saudi Arabia, First Published Dec 1, 2021, 4:18 PM IST
Riyadh: The Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) has announced that companies employing foreigners who are law violators in Saudi Arabia will be fined up to one lakh riyals (Rs 20 lakh). A fine of one lakh riyals will be imposed on those who employ offenders, those who outsource their own sponsored workers to work on their own, or those who employ workers under other sponsors. Such establishments will be denied new work visas for up to five years.
The manager responsible for hiring offenders could face up to a year in prison. Foreign managers will be deported upon completion of their sentence. Companies will be fined double the number of violators employed. The Javasat Directorate has demanded that everyone in Makkah and Riyadh provinces be contacted on 911 and in other provinces on 999 on iqama and labor law violators and intruders.
Last Updated Dec 1, 2021, 4:18 PM IST
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