المملكة: Urgent | A new regulation for domestic workers specifies working hours and approves service and weekly rest remuneration
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development presented a draft project to amend the domestic workers list on a survey platform for a period of thirty days, with the aim of determining Details of the draft which prohibits the employment of those under the age of 21, and categorically prohibits employers from keeping workers’ passports or any of their identification papers or personal belongings.
The draft clarified that the actual working hours should not exceed 10 hours per day, while obligating employers to pay additional wages for any working hours that exceed those agreed upon in the concluded contract.
Weekly rest and end-of-service compensation
The proposed regulation indicated the right The worker is at rest Paid weekly wage of no less than 24 consecutive hours, in addition to the necessity of granting him a continuous daily rest period of at least 8 hours.
The regulations stated that the domestic worker is entitled to an end-of-service reward equivalent to one month’s wages for every four consecutive years, in addition to a round-trip airfare and paid leave for a period of 30 days every two years.
The document added the worker’s entitlement to sick leave of up to 30 days. days based on a medical report, distributed between 15 days with full pay and 15 days with half pay, with the employer obligated to provide the necessary health care.
The trial period and the responsibility of recruitment offices
Article Fourteen stipulates that the worker should be subjected to a trial period of 90 days, restricting the employer’s right to deduct from the wage not to exceed a quarter of the salary, and limited to specific cases such as the destruction of legally documented property.
It addressed The regulations address the responsibilities of recruitment companies and offices, obligating them to provide housing for the worker for a period of two years from the date of his arrival to the Kingdom in the event that he refuses to work or stops working.
The new legislation warns against any practices related to human trafficking or forced labor, stipulating financial compensation equivalent to a maximum of two months’ wages in the event that the contract is terminated by one of the parties for an illegal reason.
The regulations confirmed that the fines imposed under the schedule of violations will be directed to a bank account designated to contribute to financing Accommodation and repatriation of domestic workers.
This regulatory draft is based on the amendments contained in Article Seven of the Labor Law, and based on standard comparisons that included the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, the United Kingdom, Singapore, and the European Union countries.
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