RIYADH: Saud Al-Subaie, a member of the Shoura Council, submitted a proposal to address the domestic employment file in Saudi Arabia, by suggesting canceling the recruitment activity on banned firms on the “negative list,” stipulated in accordance with Article 5 of the Foreign Investment Law, a local publication reported.
He said the proposal is aimed at opening the investment sector in the Kingdom to foreign offices specialized in recruiting domestic labor in the countries that export labor, in accordance with the applicable regulations and controls of the Kingdom
Al-Subaie believes that this step will eliminate the problem of domestic runaways, which is the main cause of many problems, and this will increase the supply by the foreign offices which will contribute to reducing costs as a result of the competition between the offices and the non-payment of benefits to local offices.
“All this will come to the best interests of citizens, not as the case currently is where supply is short and prices are rising,” he added.
Al-Subaie said that the justifications that led to such a proposal include the inability of Saudi recruiting firms and offices to sign agreements with the governments of labor-exporting countries, and also their inability to provide safeguards guaranteeing the rights of citizens in case the domestic worker runs away or is unwilling to work. In addition, these offices are weak or cannot defend themselves or the country against campaigns in foreign newspapers on the misuse of foreign domestic workers.
He confirmed that supply shortages raised the costs of domestic labor recruitment to around SR23,000, while the real cost is only around SR2,000.
He said the proposal is aimed at opening the investment sector in the Kingdom to foreign offices specialized in recruiting domestic labor in the countries that export labor, in accordance with the applicable regulations and controls of the Kingdom
Al-Subaie believes that this step will eliminate the problem of domestic runaways, which is the main cause of many problems, and this will increase the supply by the foreign offices which will contribute to reducing costs as a result of the competition between the offices and the non-payment of benefits to local offices.
“All this will come to the best interests of citizens, not as the case currently is where supply is short and prices are rising,” he added.
Al-Subaie said that the justifications that led to such a proposal include the inability of Saudi recruiting firms and offices to sign agreements with the governments of labor-exporting countries, and also their inability to provide safeguards guaranteeing the rights of citizens in case the domestic worker runs away or is unwilling to work. In addition, these offices are weak or cannot defend themselves or the country against campaigns in foreign newspapers on the misuse of foreign domestic workers.
He confirmed that supply shortages raised the costs of domestic labor recruitment to around SR23,000, while the real cost is only around SR2,000.
