JEDDAH: With the Ministry of Labor’s keenness to share decision-making with stakeholders, the ministry has called upon labor parties and employers in the private sector to take part in improving the “Balanced Nitaqat” proposal, recently posted on Ma3an Qarar (Decision) website.

Naif Naitah, general supervisor for public affairs at the ministry, said that the proposal opens avenues for stakeholders to provide their feedback before coming into force. It would improve decisions and regulations prior to its implementation.

He clarified that the “Balanced Nitaqat” proposal aims at increasing Saudization efforts and rewarding facilities that achieve higher nationalization quotas. The program also adds quality factor in addition to quantity factor that deal with the achievement of Saudization goals.

The program, after introducing such changes, takes into consideration both quantitative and qualitative factors as it addresses the needs of labor market.

Naitah said that amending the program has five aspects including the Saudization percentage, average wages for Saudis, percentage of women employed in the facilities, national job sustainability and the average of those with higher wages.

He emphasized that the ministry is keen on hearing all diverse comments that lead to the improvement of decisions before implementation. He urged stakeholders to review the proposal and comment through the link (http://qarar.ma3an.gov.sa).

Ma3an Qarar is one of the Ma3an portal services that goes hand in hand with the government strategy to enhance governance at the Labor Ministry and its affiliates (the Human Resources Development Fund and Technical and Vocational Training Corporation and General Organization for Social Insurance) with the aim of developing their services.