Cairo: A personal sector in Saudi Arabia can create two jobs at the same time, the kingdom’s hardline government said.
“Employees in the sector are allowed to have two jobs,” the Saudi Ministry of Human Resources said.
The ministry added that in such a case, the worker’s employment contract and bylaws of the employing establishment should be checked to ensure they do not have a term proscribing keeping two jobs.
In recent years, Saudi Arabia has sought to regulate its labor market and its attractiveness and competitiveness.
Earlier this year, the Ministry of Human Resources unveiled an authentication plan for its Qiwa platform that requires private sector institutions to document 20 percent of their employees’ contracts in the first quarter of 2023, 50 percent in the second part of the year, and 80 percent. in the 3rd quarter.
The plan aims to safeguard the rights of the parties to the contractual relationship, provide a sound operating environment conducive to increasing worker productivity, and revitalize the labor market in the Kingdom.
In 2020, Saudi Arabia introduced major labour reforms, particularly its sponsorship system.
The reforms, which came into force the following year, allow for occupational mobility and the issuance of exit and re-entry visas for expatriate workers without employer approval.
Employee mobility allows expatriate staff to move from one employer to another upon expiry of the binding employment contract without the employer’s consent.
The exit and re-entry visa reforms, meanwhile, allow expatriate workers to travel outside Saudi Arabia without the employers’ approval after submitting a request.
Saudi Arabia, a country of around 32.2 million people, is home to a large community of foreign migrants.
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