9.15.2011

Non-reporting (by the employer) regarding a runaway employee in accordance with instructions regulating this matter.


•  In the first instance, the employer fine is 5,000 S.R.. Second instance, fine is 10,000 S.R. and for third, fine is 15,000 S.R. in addition to one month imprisonment.

•  Fines are multiplied according to the number of non-reported runaway employees.

•  The runaway employee shall be deported at his employer's expense. If he was working for his own, he shall be deported at his own expense.

•  In the first instance, the violator shall be deprived from the right to recruit expatriates for one year. Two years for the second instance and three years for the third.

•  Sending a copy of the management notification to the patrol command to investigate the establishment's status.



Courtesy: Ministry of Interior, KSA

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