12% rise in expats, dependency on contracting firms irk Shoura

September 9, 2014

Jeddah, Sep 9: A Shoura Council member has urged the Labor Ministry not to allow major companies to circumvent Saudization laws by signing accords with subcontractors run mostly by expatriates.

“Cutting down on the number of jobs at big national companies and giving their positions to contracting and small firms will have a negative impact on qualitative nationalization of jobs,” said Fahaad Al-Hamad, assistant president quoting the Shoura member.

The member was referring to the practice of major Saudi companies that show 100 percent Saudization but depend on contracting firms run by expatriates for many of their jobs.

There was a 12 percent increase in the number of expatriate workers compared to 2013, despite the government’s move to drive out residency and labor rule violators, Al-Hamad quoted another member as saying.

He also pointed out that the number of unemployed Saudis rose by 3.3 percent this year to 622,000, urging the Labor Ministry to give reasons for this increase despite its efforts to find jobs for Saudis through various programs.

During a discussion on the ministry’s report, another Shoura member emphasized the need to focus on enhancing the professional capabilities and skills of Saudi workers through intensive training.

A female member questioned the ministry for not opening enough offices for employment of women. “Saudi women require greater support from the ministry to get jobs and improve employment conditions.”

The ministry was also questioned for not taking effective measures to supply adequate number of maids required by Saudi families.

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20 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza by resistance fighters: Hamas

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November 12,2024

The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement says its fighters have killed at least 20 Israeli soldiers in northern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip in just two days, in retaliation for the occupying regime’s genocidal war on the Palestinian territory.

In a statement on Monday evening, Hamas said that fighters of its military wing, al-Qassam Brigades, “killed at least five occupation soldiers” in northern parts of the coastal territory earlier in the day.

It added that Hamas fighters also killed 15 Israeli soldiers in the war-ravaged region on Sunday.

The resistance movement’s “qualitative operation … confirms once again the failure of the criminal Zionist entity to suppress and eradicate the Palestinian resistance, which continues to direct qualitative strikes against its terrorist soldiers,” Hamas further said on its Telegram channel.

Palestinians have increased their resistance operations in the face of intensified Israeli aggression in northern Gaza that has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 over the past weeks.

“Our valiant resistance is waging a war of attrition with the criminal enemy, inflicting daily losses on its soldiers and vehicles, and all of [Israeli prime minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s bets and dreams of achieving any of his goals are failing,” the Gaza-based resistance movement added.

Hamas also vowed that Israel’s ongoing crimes and aggression against Gaza would be met with increased resistance and painful strikes, which will continue until the aggression against Palestinians ends and the regime fully withdraws from the blockaded territory.

As the war in Gaza enters its 14th month, the Health Ministry reports that Israeli attacks have killed at least 43,603 Palestinians and wounded 102,929 others.

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