The Ministry of Labor will hire additional female field inspectors to ensure implementation of the government order making it mandatory for women’s wear and accessories shops to have Saudi women employees.
The move will be initiated in the second phase of the inspection campaign for feminization of shops selling women’s clothes, an official of the ministry said.
Forty-five women field inspectors had participate in the first phase of the drive.
“A woman inspector’s job involves monitoring the markets and shops exclusively dealing in women’s accessories,” Undersecretary for Development at the Ministry of Labor Fahd Al-Takhayyefi said in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency on Tuesday. “They will also study the method of operation in these shops and report to the ministry if any violations are detected. They will also explain to the shop owners the way the regulation is to be implemented in the most effective manner.”
Saying that the inspection teams started their field work immediately after the end of the grace period on July 7 in all cities and towns of the Kingdom, Al-Takhayyefi urged all establishments dealing in women’s clothes and accessories to take speedy steps to implement the order.
Establishments which fail to implement the feminization regulations would be listed in the red category of the Nitaqat law, which could eventually lead to cancellation of license and consequent shutting down of the business, he warned.
The inspections in the second phase will focus on commercial centers such as malls and independent shops in all cities and governorates, he added.
Anyone who comes across a shop which has not complied with the regulations regarding employment of Saudi women or not providing suitable environment for Saudi women working in the shop or any other violation can contact the ministry’s officials at 920001173 or e-mail to [email protected].
On receiving such a complaint, the ministry will send male or female inspectors to take immediate steps, he said.
Women staff to beef up shop inspections
