12 January 2015, Thompson Reuters Zawya.com RIYADH – The Ministry of Labor has reorganized the application process for domestic workers’ visas, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday. Now only employers can submit applications for obtaining... read more
7 January 2015, Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — An Indonesian expatriates union announced that it would not work with recruitment offices from the Kingdom and only cooperate with larger recruitment companies in order to preserve Indonesian expatriates’ rights,... read more
3 January 2015, Arab News The Ministry of Labor confirmed on Sunday that the ban on the recruitment of Ethiopian workers has not been lifted yet and is awaiting the approval of the ministry following its review of the regulations which guarantee the right... read more
24 December 2014, Arab News There are at least 30 violations recorded on a daily basis involving the smuggling of maids into the Eastern Province from Bahrain and other Gulf nations, officials from local recruitment offices have said. They said that smugg... read more
28 November 2014, Arab News Manpower firms in the Saudi market responded to the Ministry of Labor’s pressure and published the prices and the cost of recruiting domestic workers on the “Mosanid” website before the deadline, next Monday. As of yester... read more
7 October 2014, Arab News The annual recruitment of nearly 1.2 million foreign workers has hampered the Kingdom’s nationalization initiatives, said Saudi economists and experts, while urging the government to review its recruitment policy. “We recruit... read more
29 September 2014, Saudi Gazette via Yahoo News The head of the national committee for recruitment said relying on Indonesians is not enough to meet the huge demand for domestic workers in the Kingdom. “Indonesian authorities are insisting on high s... read more
29 September 2014, Arab News The Labor Ministry has rejected Indonesia’s conditions for resuming the recruitment of domestic labor from that country, especially in light of the policy calling for diversification of the sources of employment and ongoing ... read more
21 September 2014, Arab News A total of 18 recruitment firms in the Kingdom will hire workers for contractors on a short-term basis to complete stalled projects, according to industry experts. These construction companies are, nevertheless, in need of enh... read more
6 September 2014, Arab News The Ministry of Labor has imposed a ban on the recruitment of labor from Ebola-affected countries of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Deputy Labor Minister Moufarrej Al-Haqbani said the decision was taken as a preventive measu... read more