JEDDAH: A charitable institution in Madinah is under the scanner for violating the labor laws by recruiting two Arab expatriates for administrative jobs on higher salaries without transferring their sponsorships.

One expat worked as an accountant in the charity and the other a quality controller — jobs other than the ones for which they were formally registered at the labor office.

The records show the one of them, a Jordanian national, had been recruited as a driver and the other entered the Kingdom as a Mahram. The society allegedly took advantage of the absence of inspections and appointed the two expats with high salaries and other benefits. The documents were signed by the executive manager of the society stating that the decision was an administrative one and falls under the powers granted to him in his capacity.

The Jordanian national was registered under the sponsorship of a female Saudi female and receives a salary of SR8,000. The other man, who had come as a Mahram, receives a salary of SR6,550 and other benefits. Lawyer Abdulrahman Baobiad said that charities come under the authority and power of the Ministry of Social Affairs and are regarded as quasi-government entities, yet their system of human resources is subject to the Saudi labor system.