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Riyadh: a program to protect the wages and control begins its first phase within 3 months
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Riyadh - Reuters - The Saudi Labour Minister Adel Faqih, that his ministry has prepared a program for the protection of wages and control and that the first phase will be launched within three months to apply in full within a year.
He noted that the program is designed to control the salaries of locals and expatriates, adding that reducing the number of foreign workers is not a goal of the ministry and that the reduction of visa may hinder development plans, and expected lower rates of unemployment for the current level of 10.5 percent in the coming years and the high number of citizens employed in the private sector 50 percent in three years.
He said: «system will be applied to protect the wages and control gradually ... In the first phase would be applied to large companies during the two or three months in the latest ». He added, in the following stages will be expanded in the slides for the intervention of small and medium-sized companies, followed by very small companies.
Electronic program
The wage protection program and control electronic program aims to make sure that labor inflows to Saudi Arabia and regularly monthly wages through banks in addition to monitoring. The Ministry has prepared a program in coordination with a number of official bodies, including «Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency». According to information from the Ministry of Labour will make sure that the program of worker's income deposited in his bank has already provided for in the employment contract and in accordance with the profession that brought for her. In case increase the income of non-Saudi worker provided for in the contract work would be seen money illegally.
The minister stressed that the ministry aims «through the new financial regulations to create a climate for the growth of health activity of small and medium enterprises affected by the unfair competition for commercial activities cover». He continued: «the new system will have a role in the advanced stage of resettlement plans will be classified as private sector enterprises in the future not only through the numerical rates of resettlement, but by the rates of monthly salaries to the national labor force compared to the total salaries of the civil establishments». This means that companies appoint people in leadership positions with high salaries, as some companies had a large number of Saudis in the functions of leadership is to achieve the low salaries of the desired ratios of the settlement.
And the success of the current resettlement plans, the minister felt that the results are excellent and promising, and he was satisfied with what achieved by the program «bands», expected to increase the percentage of Emiratisation in the private sector by 50 percent within three years from the current level of ten percent. Faqih also predicted that unemployment rates decline gradually this year in light of the application program, and to increase the percentage of Saudi workers in the private sector by at least 50 percent in the next three years. He explained that the unemployment rate currently stands at 10.5 percent.
He did not specify the minister figures are targeted to provide job opportunities for Saudis, but he said: «the target is to recruit anyone who is registered in the incentive program», a program to help job seekers was announced in March last in a group of royal orders.
And the work of the Saudi woman minister said, «We believe that the retail sector of the largest sectors will be able to recruit a large number of ladies ... There are also steps taken to promote women's work in the factories and jobs that can be done from home or remotely ». And whether the ministry is seeking to reduce foreign labor in Saudi Arabia, said that «the main objective is to recruit Saudis and Saudi, and to reduce foreign labor is not an end in itself».
He continued: «our country grow at rates very high and there are major projects and historical ... Target to reduce the number of migrant workers is not a goal, because that will affect the speed of implementation of development programs in the kingdom ». He added: We have no objection to the issuance of visas more if this does not affect the availability of career opportunities for our children. We give visas now as incentives to those who have achieved high rates of settlement ».
According to the latest data released by the Saudi Ministry of Labor, there are more than eight million foreign workers in Saudi Arabia working for more than six million of them in the private sector. The information ministry explained that the increase in demand for labor in particular expatriate in Saudi Arabia, estimated at five percent per year.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Riyadh - Reuters - The Saudi Labour Minister Adel Faqih, that his ministry has prepared a program for the protection of wages and control and that the first phase will be launched within three months to apply in full within a year.
He noted that the program is designed to control the salaries of locals and expatriates, adding that reducing the number of foreign workers is not a goal of the ministry and that the reduction of visa may hinder development plans, and expected lower rates of unemployment for the current level of 10.5 percent in the coming years and the high number of citizens employed in the private sector 50 percent in three years.
He said: «system will be applied to protect the wages and control gradually ... In the first phase would be applied to large companies during the two or three months in the latest ». He added, in the following stages will be expanded in the slides for the intervention of small and medium-sized companies, followed by very small companies.
Electronic program
The wage protection program and control electronic program aims to make sure that labor inflows to Saudi Arabia and regularly monthly wages through banks in addition to monitoring. The Ministry has prepared a program in coordination with a number of official bodies, including «Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency». According to information from the Ministry of Labour will make sure that the program of worker's income deposited in his bank has already provided for in the employment contract and in accordance with the profession that brought for her. In case increase the income of non-Saudi worker provided for in the contract work would be seen money illegally.
The minister stressed that the ministry aims «through the new financial regulations to create a climate for the growth of health activity of small and medium enterprises affected by the unfair competition for commercial activities cover». He continued: «the new system will have a role in the advanced stage of resettlement plans will be classified as private sector enterprises in the future not only through the numerical rates of resettlement, but by the rates of monthly salaries to the national labor force compared to the total salaries of the civil establishments». This means that companies appoint people in leadership positions with high salaries, as some companies had a large number of Saudis in the functions of leadership is to achieve the low salaries of the desired ratios of the settlement.
And the success of the current resettlement plans, the minister felt that the results are excellent and promising, and he was satisfied with what achieved by the program «bands», expected to increase the percentage of Emiratisation in the private sector by 50 percent within three years from the current level of ten percent. Faqih also predicted that unemployment rates decline gradually this year in light of the application program, and to increase the percentage of Saudi workers in the private sector by at least 50 percent in the next three years. He explained that the unemployment rate currently stands at 10.5 percent.
He did not specify the minister figures are targeted to provide job opportunities for Saudis, but he said: «the target is to recruit anyone who is registered in the incentive program», a program to help job seekers was announced in March last in a group of royal orders.
And the work of the Saudi woman minister said, «We believe that the retail sector of the largest sectors will be able to recruit a large number of ladies ... There are also steps taken to promote women's work in the factories and jobs that can be done from home or remotely ». And whether the ministry is seeking to reduce foreign labor in Saudi Arabia, said that «the main objective is to recruit Saudis and Saudi, and to reduce foreign labor is not an end in itself».
He continued: «our country grow at rates very high and there are major projects and historical ... Target to reduce the number of migrant workers is not a goal, because that will affect the speed of implementation of development programs in the kingdom ». He added: We have no objection to the issuance of visas more if this does not affect the availability of career opportunities for our children. We give visas now as incentives to those who have achieved high rates of settlement ».
According to the latest data released by the Saudi Ministry of Labor, there are more than eight million foreign workers in Saudi Arabia working for more than six million of them in the private sector. The information ministry explained that the increase in demand for labor in particular expatriate in Saudi Arabia, estimated at five percent per year.
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