The Ministry of Labor has permitted 40 factories and companies in the Eastern Province to open women's sections in which Saudi women can be employed. The companies include meat factories, marine companies and general contracting firms. Muhammad Al-Hamdan, Director of the Labor Office in the province, said the companies had appointed more than 1,500 Saudi women with salaries of up to SR3,000 and contracts meeting Saudi labor system regulations. Al-Hamdan said the office had appealed to all companies in need of labor to open women's sections and that they had shown a positive response.
