These included the recommendation to set up a separate
ministry for labor and a call to fix a limit for expatriate workers and their
families in the Kingdom.
In a three-page report, the Shoura spelled out the various
resolutions it adopted during the past years with the aim of creating more jobs
for Saudis. It cited the unification of recruitment process and formation of
Human Resource Development Fund as important decisions.
The Shoura had reviewed the rules and regulations for the
recruitment of house servants and the situation of workers in companies that
have government contracts and supported the mechanisms assigned to monitor
surplus foreign workers.
“The Shoura also called for a Supreme Manpower Council to
set out plans and propose new laws to regulate foreign manpower and review laws
related to foreign recruitment and employment of non-Saudis and give incentives
to national manpower,” the report said.
Speaking about the employment of women, the council said it
had discussed measures for creating a suitable atmosphere for them at
workplaces. “We proposed to add a new article to the Labor Law for the payment
of a monthly allowance to unemployed Saudis for a specific period or until they
get suitable jobs,” the report said. The Shoura had also insisted on including
unemployment in the questionnaire of the last national census in order to know
the exact number of jobless Saudis.
