The Saudi labor system aims to regulate the relationship between workers and employers, ensuring a fair, transparent, and stable work environment. It guarantees your rights and obligations as either an employee or an employer to ensure smooth workflow and avoid disputes. Since the launch of Vision 2030, the government has intensified its efforts to develop the work environment by enacting new legislation aimed at achieving a balance between employers' interests and workers' rights, while focusing on providing a safe and healthy workplace that meets all needs. This includes regulating working hours, defining leave policies, ensuring proper wage payments, and guaranteeing necessary commitments.
Fundamental Workers' Rights
Fundamental workers' rights are among the main pillars of protecting human rights in the workplace. They include a set of rights that guarantee workers suitable and dignified working conditions. Among the most prominent of these rights is the right to work, where every individual has the right to work freely and to choose their profession without discrimination or coercion. This includes providing equal job opportunities and removing barriers that hinder stability.
Another fundamental right is the right to fair wages, which ensures that workers receive compensation that matches the type of work they perform, based on standards that guarantee non-discrimination and fairness among workers.
The right to fair wages also includes entitlements such as bonuses, performance-related allowances, and rewards for additional efforts. Workers are also entitled to rest periods and paid annual leave, which help maintain their physical and mental health and enhance their productivity at work.
In the Saudi system, workers can benefit from these rights through the provisions set forth in local laws and regulations aimed at ensuring a safe and sustainable work environment.
Awareness of the importance of these rights is also considered a fundamental element in empowering workers and enhancing their ability to effectively claim their rights.