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Iqama transfer without sponsor’s consent

Last updated: Friday, May 02, 2014 11:38 PM

Iqama transfer without sponsor’s consent (Saudi Gazette, May 2, 2014 Edition):-

TAIF — Expatriate workers will soon be able to change their sponsorship without their current employer’s approval and work for another employer in the Kingdom, Al-Madinah daily reported. The Ministry of Labor will enforce the new decision within the next few months to provide expatriates with more flexibility when it comes to job change. However, the worker will only be able to do so when his employment contract with the current employer expires and based on the contract’s terms and conditions. The relaxed law will increase competitiveness between Saudi and non-Saudi labor as salaries of expatriates will increase. Employers will also compete with one another to attract Saudi and non-Saudi labor, creating equal job opportunities for all.