According to the latest amendment made by the Council of Ministers to the Labor Law and the System of Labor Courts, disputes that are more than twelve months old after the termination of the contract between the employee and the employer will not be accepted by labor courts.   The Kingdom’s newly established labor courts […]

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The survey report published by Talent Shift research conducted by Korn Ferry highlighted that 60 percent of Saudi business executives who participated in the survey predicted at least 28 percent growth in their businesses in Saudi Arabia by 2020 and a growth of one-third by 2030.   A major challenge that the Kingdom is going […]

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Custodian of the two Holy mosques King Salman launched more than 600 development projects worth SR16.5 billion in Qassim region in the presence of Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defence, and several princes, ministers and high-ranking officials on Wednesday.   King Salman initiated 402 projects worth SR12.15 billion falling in […]

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The labor market bulletin published by the General Authority for Statistics (GaStat) stated that about 48,000 Saudi women entered the job market in the second quarter of 2018 marking an increase of 8.8 percent in comparison to the previous year.   The department of nationalization of jobs at the Ministry of Labor and Social Development […]

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Saudi Aramco and SABIC have announced Yanbu as the site for development of an integrated industrial complex to convert crude oil to chemicals (COTC), the first of its kind in the world.   The establishment of the complex will contribute to creating opportunities for setting up small and medium enterprises and factories and play a […]

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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman inaugurated a program to build the first nuclear research reactor in the Kingdom during a visit to King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.   The program is one among the seven strategic ventures launched by the Crown Prince in the […]

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Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Justice Waleed Al-Sama’ani inaugurated the first labor courts in the Kingdom on Monday.   The specialized labor courts are a result of three years of continuous efforts by the Ministry of Labor and Social Development (MLSD) to increase transparency of the labor market and thereby boost investment and drive the economy […]

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