Saudi Arabia to ease foreign workers’ restrictions under kafala system in March 2021

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced new plans to ease foreign workers’ contractual restrictions, improving a sponsorship system known as kafala.

The plans, to take effect in March 2021, aim to make the Saudi labor market more attractive, the deputy minister for human resources said, by granting foreign workers the right to change jobs and leave the country without employers’ permission.

“Through this initiative we aim to build an attractive labor market and improve the working environment through three main services.. available to all foreign workers in the private sector,” Abdullah bin Nasser Abuthunain told reporters.

English | November 4, 2020

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