What will be the working hours of the workers in the new employment system?

 

The Saudi Ministry of Manpower and Social Welfare has assured that "the current revised employment system has not been amended with regard to workers' working hours and weekends." 

Al-Arabiya News quoted Al-Eqtisadiya as saying that "it is up to the employer to fix the weekly workers' holidays and daily working hours."

However, the duration of work in Ramadan has been pointed out, which calls for a reduction in working hours. 

The main goal of the new employment law is to bring continuity and improvement in the local labor market, which will create opportunities for growth in the private sector and provide a better environment for workers, which will help achieve the country's Vision 2030 goals. ۔  

Regarding the 'self-assessment' method of business entities, the Ministry of Manpower says that there are many large and medium enterprises in the country where the self-assessment method is being followed with good results. 

The ministry clarified that the ministry's goal is to ensure the implementation of labor laws in the private sector. The ministry said action would be taken against those institutions which did not follow the rules set by the 'self-assessment'. 

The ministry further said that in order to create a conducive working environment in the country, it is necessary to implement the prescribed rules for which the ministry liaises with the concerned agencies before conducting an investigation. 

It should be noted that the Ministry of Manpower and Social Welfare has made it mandatory for large and medium scale institutions in the country to have a 'self-assessment' system which has to be registered in the portal of the ministry through which the performance of the institutions is checked. 

The self-assessment system allows organizations to correct their mistakes and omissions, which also improves the quality of work and facilitates compliance with the rules.

Institutions benefit from this system so that they can rectify their affairs in a timely manner so that they do not face any difficulty on the arrival of the ministry's investigation team.