RIYADH: Several mobile phone shops remained closed in order to circumvent the inspection for Saudization.
Labor inspectors found that almost half of the shops were closed in the region’s commercial districts since Ramadan began.
The teams visited 136 shops and found 108 shops shuttered. Non-Saudi employees totaling 128 were caught by the personnel of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development.
“The shops were closed so that the inspectors wouldn’t see the irregularities being committed,” said Ali bin Ahmed Al-Harby, director of the ministry’s branch office in the region.
This could only mean that these shops or their owners are thwarting the government campaign to regulate the labor market in the mobile phone industry.
Al-Harby said that shop owners and their salesmen could have known beforehand about the inspection tour being planned in the region.
He expressed disappointment over the non-compliance by shops and shop owners with the ministry’s campaign to nationalize jobs.
“Their non-compliance sets back government efforts as well as the timetable regarding the nationalization of jobs in the sector,” he said.
He, however, added that the ministry would step up efforts since it’s part of the country’s Vision 2030 plan.
“Efforts to thwart the government’s efforts to nationalize the sector won’t work since there are instructions to impose the maximum penalties on offenders,” he said.
Labor inspectors found that almost half of the shops were closed in the region’s commercial districts since Ramadan began.
The teams visited 136 shops and found 108 shops shuttered. Non-Saudi employees totaling 128 were caught by the personnel of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development.
“The shops were closed so that the inspectors wouldn’t see the irregularities being committed,” said Ali bin Ahmed Al-Harby, director of the ministry’s branch office in the region.
This could only mean that these shops or their owners are thwarting the government campaign to regulate the labor market in the mobile phone industry.
Al-Harby said that shop owners and their salesmen could have known beforehand about the inspection tour being planned in the region.
He expressed disappointment over the non-compliance by shops and shop owners with the ministry’s campaign to nationalize jobs.
“Their non-compliance sets back government efforts as well as the timetable regarding the nationalization of jobs in the sector,” he said.
He, however, added that the ministry would step up efforts since it’s part of the country’s Vision 2030 plan.
“Efforts to thwart the government’s efforts to nationalize the sector won’t work since there are instructions to impose the maximum penalties on offenders,” he said.
