Article 77 Saudi Labor Law 2019

Saudi arabia introduces new amendments to labour law regulations saudi s minister of labour and social development has issued a ministerial order revising the labour law s executive regulations.

Article 77 saudi labor law 2019. Double article 11 addition without prejudice to the labor law and other laws related the minister may take necessary actions aiming to improve the labor market and to regulate the movements of workforce among the firms. An employer can terminate a worker without giving any notice under article 77 of saudi labor law unless stated otherwise in the contract. Second sub article was deleted which states that employers are jointly liable for the employees rights. Saudi labor law 2019 amendments of saudi arabia labor law 2019 1440 expatriates end of service benefits termination violation.

No end of service benefits. This is an amendment to article 77 which also stipulates that where compensation is not agreed in the contract then the sum will be the employee s wages equivalent to 15 days for each year of service in the case of indefinite term contracts and the wages for the remainder of the contract period in the case of fixed term contracts. If any company is fails to pay the fine to fix the issue in time the ministry of labor social development can also suspend its services. The amendments include a table of labour law violations corresponding penalties some which are new or updated with increased fines.

Article 77 of saudi labor law unfair termination in case of unfair or unlawful termination of the contract an employee is entitled to some compensation which is explained in article 77 of saudi labor law. M 46 dated 06 6 1436h. Termination under article 77.