Gosaibi, Minister of Labor, has instructed the Labor Office here to investigate the case of Adel Zaid Al-Hazani who has complained that without his knowledge, a company included his name in its list of employees and registered him in the Social Insurance database in order to circumvent Saudization regulations. Explaining the details of his case, Al-Hazani said, “I am a graduate of an engineering college and I applied for a job in a subsidiary company of Aramco. They offered me a SR3,000 salary, but I refused. Then the project manager of the company called me and offered me SR5,000 but I refused again. After eight days, I received a message from Social Insurance informing me that I was included in their database as an employee of that company with a salary of SR4,000 although I never signed a contract with them.” Al-Hazani complained to the Labor Office in Asir on Dec. 7, but they did not take any action. “Then I complained at the Asir Emirate,” he said, “which referred me to the police who also did not take any action. Finally, I complained to the Minister of Labor who asked the Labor Office to investigate the company which then admitted that it had included my name in its list of employees.” The company, according to the documents exchanged between it and the Labor Office, has now dropped Al-Hazani's name from Social Insurance two months after including him on the company's staff list. According to the Labor Office, improper use of Saudi names in Social Insurance happens in two ways: First, by mistake, which when discovered requires the Labor Office to issue a disclaimer to the person whose name was incorrectly listed. And second, when the company intends to deceive the authorities by making false claims of Saudization. In this case, the Labor Office will call for an investigation of the company and can force it to compensate the plaintiff.
