The Saudi Arabian government has made public a new policy under the Labour Protection Plan for regulating the workers conditions in private companies.

 

The programme introduced by the Saudi Arabia's Labour Ministry is aimed at securing the salaries of around 4,590 workers serving 3,595 private companies. The programme is expected to benefit almost 600,000 Nepali migrant workers employed in Saudi Arabia.

 

It is believed that the new scheme will come as a relief for many Nepali migrant workers deprived of salary and stranded in Saudi Arabia after the expiry of their agreement terms.

 

Saudi Arabia's Ministry for Labor Inspection and Environment Developing Work stated the government was committed to enforcing the new regulation to insure that private company workers received payment on time.The Arab News has said that the private companies will require to make timely payment for their workers. The new regulation will resolve the problem emerged between the company and workers.

 

The company flouting the new regulation will be penalized up to 3000 Riyals.

The company failing to provide payment for three months will be forced to shut down whereas the workers in the particular company will be transferred to other companies.

 

The new regulation will come into effect in all private company after two months. The Saudi Arabian Ministry has urged the companies to send details of their workers.