Legal developments
Labor law developments
This month, a number of changes to Saudi Arabia's labor and
employment law regime have occurred.
Implementing Regulations of the amended Labor Law
As we have mentioned in previous updates, the Ministry of Labor
(MOL) issued 38 amendments to the Labor Law which came into force
as of October 2015. Now, the MOL has issued the Implementing
Regulations (Regulations) of the amended Labor Law by Ministerial
Resolution no. 1982 dated 28/06/1437H. corresponding to 6 April
2016. The Regulations came into force as of 22 April
2016.
The Regulations include, for example, standard forms of
employment contract and internal work guidelines, as well as
clarifications on issues such as leaves, probationary periods, and
the like, in addition to further requirements, such as maximum age
limits for expatriate workers. We will be sending additional
information on the changes. Please stay tuned.
