المملكة: Urgent: 10 million workers… 94% of private sector establishments are registered with "Wage protection"
Revealed The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has documented the wages of more than ten million workers in The private sector through the Wage Protection Program during the year 2025, to ensure the stability of the contractual relationship, preserve financial rights, and stimulate productivity.
The program recorded exceptional growth with more than one million establishments joining the “Mudad” platform, which represents ninety-four percent of the total market establishments, and the percentage of compliance with the program’s requirements exceeded eighty-five percent, with seventeen million wage files being processed.
The program’s mechanism relies on documenting financial transfers electronically through technical connectivity. Direct with Banksand financial institutions.
This control procedure allows real-time verification of the disbursement of workers’ entitlements on time and with the values stipulated in official contracts.
Reliability of the Saudi market
This comprehensive governance, since the launch of the program, has contributed fundamentally to reducing the flow of labor disputes and providing accurate databases that support the sustainability of growth.
This institutional discipline enhances the reliability of the Saudi market as a work environment. A model for local and international investors.
In a pioneering step, the Ministry launched the Notarized Contract Initiative as an executive document, to adopt wage data on the “Mudad” platform as a decisive legal reference. The initiative aims to establish institutional justice and accelerate litigation and implementation procedures to guarantee the rights of all parties.
The supervisory teams continue to proactively monitor performance indicators to motivate establishments to adopt a culture of self-adherence to regulations. These ongoing efforts support the stability of the national economy and advance the wheel of development in line with the objectives of the Kingdom’s vision. 2030.
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