In collaboration with public security personnel, inspectors from Ministry of Labor conducted various inspection rounds this week of a number of telecom shops in Madinah and Qasim. The telecom raids targeted more than 750 facilities for mobile sales and maintenance and uncovered several residency and labor violations, in addition to tracking down workers involved in labor irregularities. The most significant violations identified during the inspections were those relating to Articles 39 and 33 of the Labor Law. Article 39 bans an employer from allowing his worker to work for others or for his own account, and bans a worker from working for other employers, unless he has followed the procedures of transferring the service, or for his own account. Article 33 bans a non-Saudi from engaging in any work except after obtaining a work permit from the ministry, according to the conditions prescribed for this purpose. The inspection campaigns aimed at ensuring that employers abide by decisions that regulate the labor market, curb malpractice and protect citizens, law-abiding employers from negative phenomena leading to abnormalities in the market. Moreover, the inspectors detect workers who violate the labor regulations, leaving an adverse impact on the national security and economy. The ministry emphasized that it will not lose momentum to tightly monitor the employment of foreign labor and track down violators. It also emphasized zero tolerance of labor law violations along with exerting unswerving efforts to maintain the labor law intact. The ministry called for the cooperation of citizens and employers and urged them to report any labor violation by contacting the customer service number 19911.
