Section 1

Recruitment Channels

Article 22

The ministry provides free employment channels that perform the following:
1. Assisting workers in obtaining suitable employment and assisting employers in finding suitable workers.
2. Gathering the necessary information about the labor market and its development, and analyzing it, to make it available to various public and private bodies concerned with economic and social planning.  
3. Performing the following duties:
3.1 Registering job seekers, 
3.2 Obtaining data on job vacancies from employers, 
3.3 Matching job seeker applications with job vacancies according to their qualifications.
3.4 Providing advice and assistance to job seekers regarding vocational qualification and training, or the necessary retraining to obtain job vacancies, 
3.5 Other matters determined by the ministry.

Article 23: 

Every citizen of working age who is able and willing to work has the right to register their name in the employment channels, stating their date of birth, qualifications, previous work experience, preferences, and address.

Article 24: 

The regulations specify the rules and procedures of work in employment channels, the forms of records, notices, and documents used in their work, as well as job classification tables according to the approved occupational classification and serve as the basis for organizing employment operations.

Article 25: 

Every employer must send the following to the Ministry:

  1. A statement of vacant and newly created jobs, their types, location, assigned wages, and the necessary conditions for filling them, within a period not exceeding fifteen days from the date of vacancy or creation.

  2. A notification of the action taken regarding the employment of the citizen nominated by the employment unit, within seven days from the date of receiving the nomination letter.

  3. A statement of the names of their workers, their jobs, professions, wages, ages, nationalities, work permit numbers for non-Saudis and their dates, and other data specified by the regulations.

  4. A report on the state of work, its conditions and nature, and the expected increase or decrease in work during the year following the report date.

  5. The data referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article shall be submitted during the month of Muharram of each year.

Article 26: 

  1. All establishments, across their various activities and regardless of the number of their employees, shall endeavor to attract and employ Saudi citizens, provide means for their continued employment, and offer them appropriate opportunities to demonstrate their suitability for work by guiding, training, and qualifying them for the tasks assigned to them.

  2. The proportion of Saudi workers employed by the employer shall not be less than 75% of the total workforce. In cases where the necessary technical competencies or academic qualifications are not available, or it is impossible to fill positions with citizens, the Minister may temporarily reduce this percentage.

Article 27: 

When necessary, the Minister may require employers, in certain activities, professions, and in certain regions and governorates, not to employ workers unless they are registered in employment channels, under the conditions and circumstances specified by a decision from him.

Section 2

Employment of Persons with Disabilities

Article 28: 

Every employer who employs twenty-five workers or more, and whose nature of work enables them to employ professionally qualified persons with disabilities, shall employ at least 4% of their total workforce from professionally qualified persons with disabilities, whether through nominations from employment channels or otherwise.  He shall also send to the Ministry a statement of the number of jobs and work positions occupied by professionally qualified persons with disabilities, and the wage of each of them.

Article 29: 

If any worker sustains a work injury resulting in a reduction of their usual abilities that does not prevent them from performing other work than their previous job, the employer with whom the worker sustained the work injury shall be obligated to employ them in a suitable job with the wage designated for that job. This shall not prejudice their entitlement to compensation for their injury.
 

Section 3

National Private Recruitment Offices and Companies for Saudis,

and Private Recruitment Offices and Companies

Article 30:

1. No natural or legal person may engage in the activity of employing Saudis, recruiting workers, or subcontracting unless licensed to do so by the Ministry.

The regulations shall specify the controls for practicing each of these activities, the conditions for granting and renewing the license for each, the obligations of the licensee, the rules for non-renewal or revocation of the license, the consequences thereof, and other necessary conditions and controls to ensure the proper conduct of work thereunder. 

2. The Ministry proposes the value of fees for practicing the activities referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article, and their disbursement channels, in preparation for completing the regulatory procedures in this regard.

Article 31: 

Saudi workers employed through the assistance of offices or companies, and workers recruited on behalf of employers, are considered employees of the employer and have a direct contractual relationship with them.