“Companies and establishments can change
their workers’ professions without exception to the actual trades they are
engaged in except to the professions reserved for Saudi citizens,” the Saudi
Press Agency reported, quoting a statement of the ministry. Job categories
reserved exclusively for Saudis are human resources, reception, civil security
and liaison with the government.
Establishments are required to rectify the profession
statements over the next two months beginning on July 9 and ending on Sept. 10,
the statement added.
The ministry also warned that the update of status about
workers’ profession would be a condition for upgrading their Nitaqat status.
The scheme grades all private companies to three categories depending on the
level of Saudization achieved by each. Companies that are not in compliance
will have their ability to recruit or keep foreign workers curtailed.
The ministry also called on establishments with branch
offices not to show the names of all employees in a single statement. The
statements should show specifically the number and trade of workers in each
branch.
