Saudi pays out more than $16mln in salaries to employees of distressed companies in February zawya.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from zawya.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia paid the salaries of 349 workers employed by distressed companies last month, SPA reported. Some SR60.5 million ($16.1 million) was paid according to the February wage report published by The Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development. The pay out included late salaries and end-of-service benefits. Saudi Arabia moved to support pandemic-hit
ARAB NEWS: Saudis are taking up more temporary jobs in response to the Kingdom’s rapidly changing workplace As the pandemic forces many businesses to temporarily shut up shop, demand for part time workers is on the rise. Some 3000 institutions are registered on the government’s ‘Marn’ flexible work platform and almost 2,400 contracts have been documented, from various regions,
Saturday, 20 February, 2021 - 10:30 FILE PHOTO: View shows the King Abdullah Financial District, north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser Riyadh - Asharq Al-Awsat
The Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development maintains intensive efforts to search for new sectors that provide job opportunities and reduce the unemployment rate.
On Thursday, the ministry announced its decision to localize the professions of law and education and uncovered an ongoing study to improve the wages of security and safety guards.
Dr. Akram Jadawi, a public policy expert, told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development was working on some promising decisions that contribute to reducing unemployment and raising the efficiency of the Saudi labor market.
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Saudi Arabia stresses the implementation of the precautionary measures in the public and private sectors (Photo: Asharq Al-Awsat). Riyadh - Asharq Al-Awsat
The remote work system implemented by Saudi Arabia when the outbreak of the Covid-19 was first reported has succeeded in achieving productive targets during the first wave of the virus and contributed to generating jobs and work opportunities in small cities and governorates, experts told Asharq Al-Awsat.
This comes as the Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has recently called on workers in the public and private sectors to adhere to precautionary and preventive measures, and to abide by health instructions and physical distancing at workplaces, in addition to resorting to remote work as much as possible, with the importance of applying a flexible working-hour policy.