The Ministry of Labor Undersecretary for Planning and Development, Mufarrij Al-Huqbani, has said that the ministry is working to gradually reform the labor market in accordance with the Saudi Employment Strategy. “Curbing unemployment and creating jobs is a national project for all the state's legislative and executive bodies,” Al-Huqbani said. “The business and government sectors have to work together to give the labor market an overhaul and make national labor the preferred choice of the private sector and a viable competitor to the expatriate workforce,” he said. According to Al-Huqbani, the ministry has started putting the strategy into action and will meet with private and government bodies to discuss how to work together in making it a success. “The Council of Ministers' approval of the Saudi Employment Strategy represented a real beginning in forging partnerships between the Ministry of Labor and private business,” Al
