JEDDAH, 30 July — The Makkah governorate has decided to deport the manager of an international chartered accountancy company in Jeddah for violating Saudi regulations related to employment, business and residence permit.
The governorate took the decision after receiving complaints from Saudi chartered accounts that the manager had terminated their service without giving any reason and had shown partiality toward foreign workers at the expense of Saudi employees.
Specialized agencies later confirmed that most of the complaints raised by the Saudis against the manager were true. They also found that there were 14 foreign partners in the company’s office in Jeddah, who were not licensed to practice business in the Kingdom.
The Saudis accused that the Pakistani manager was recruiting his nationals without giving them a chance to work. Investigations found that Pakistanis were holding 40 percent of jobs at the office. The manager was also accused of allowing his staff to work for other firms without changing their sponsorship.
The governorate urged the company to appoint a Saudi chartered accountant as its manager and register his name in the commercial registration as partner in charge of the Jeddah branch.
The governorate decided to deport the former manager also for working as a chartered accountant without receiving a license from the Commerce Ministry. Another charge against the man was that he used the title ‘partner in charge’ without registering his name in the establishment contract.
The governorate instructed the company to set out a plan for Saudization of jobs within the next three years. By that time the number of Saudi workers in the company must reach at least 50 percent of the total. It also told the company to reduce the number of Pakistani workers by half within the next six months and abide by all regulations of the Labor Office, the Commerce Ministry and the Passports Department.
