As the Ministry of Labour and Social Development in Saudi Arabia
continues an ambitious program to increase female participation in
the workplace, it has also sought to regulate workplace behaviour
and promote a framework for navigating increasing interaction
between men and women in the workplace and public spaces
generally.
A big step in this policy was the issuance of anti-harassment
regulations in October 2019 which came into force on 21/2/1441,
corresponding to 20 October 2019.
The regulations seek to define what behaviour amounts to
inappropriate behaviour, the procedures which should be adopted to
investigate complaints of such behaviour and the policies to
prevent such behaviour in the workplace.
