Workers can’t be shifted from original workplace

December 14, 2014

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Jeddah, Dec 14: Employers are not permitted to transfer workers from their original place of work to another location if this requires changing the place of residency, or if the transfer jeopardizes the health of an employee, the Ministry of Labor said.

The ministry came out recently with details of the Kingdom's new labor law dealing with the rights and duties of both employer and employee, work environment, disciplinary action and service termination.

According to the ministry, employers are required to provide employees leave for Eid Al-Fitr, Eid Al-Adha, and illness during their probationary period, and both parties have the right to terminate the contract during this period unless the contract specifically states that this right belongs to only one party.

Employers may not change the payment schedule of an employee from a monthly basis to a weekly, daily, or hourly basis, unless the employee has agreed to this in writing and such change does not violate any of the employee’s rights.

As per Article 38 of the Labor Regulations, employers may not assign work that is different from what has been agreed upon without the employee’s consent in writing, and such work may not exceed more than 30 days per year. Employers must also refrain from subjecting workers to forced labor and may not withhold part of or all their wages without judicial approval.

Employers must facilitate the authorities to carry out their work related to monitoring and imposing regulations, as well as preventing the entry of any unauthorized substances to the workplace.

The ministry said employees are entitled to a certificate of service upon termination of the contract that indicating the dates of employment, the employee’s position, duties, and wages.

As for the duties of employees, the ministry said workers should fulfill all work requirements provided tasks do not create any moral or health issues, and must return any machinery, tools, equipment owned by the employer. Employees must also complete medical examinations before starting work to ensure they are free from disease.

With regard to grievances and disciplinary action, employers should respond to any complaints and may not change any terms during the reconciliation or arbitration process in a manner that may harm the employee.

The employer is permitted to resort to warnings and fines, as well as withholding or delaying a raise or promotion for a period of no more than one year, suspending work with no pay, and terminating the employee’s contract.

According to the ministry, penalties against the employee for disciplinary reasons may not involve withholding wages of more than five days, or for more than 5 days per month. Suspension of services may also not exceed 5 days per month, and no disciplinary action against an employee can be taken until after the employee has been informed in writing and given a chance to respond in his defense within 15 days.

Responses from the employee must be made to the committee of labor dispute, which must issue a decision within 30 days.

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November 12,2024

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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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November 4,2024

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Hundreds of Israeli settlers conducted a brutal attack in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.

The settlers set fire to numerous homes and vehicles of Palestinians and then moved to the main road connecting Ramallah to other cities, targeting Palestinian cars passing by.

They stormed the city of al-Bireh, near Ramallah, and burned Palestinian property and vehicles.

A woman sustained injuries after the settlers hurled stones at her vehicle, according to Palestinian news outlets.

Tension has been running high across the West Bank because of Israel’s genocidal war in the Gaza Strip, which has killed at least 43,341 people, mostly women and children, since last year’s October.

The Monday settler attack came as the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas warned of Israel’s plans to annex the West Bank and drive Palestinians out.

“We warn of the grave danger posed by the plans led by the extremist occupation regime and illegal settler groups to displace the residents of Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank,” Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi said.

Israel's far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich called for the full annexation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip last week.

Smotrich asserted that Israel should unequivocally declare there would be no Palestinian state.

He repeated his proposal of expanding Israeli settlements within the West Bank and other occupied territories.

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November 15,2024

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Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has killed or captured 69 terrorists linked to the Israeli spy agency Mossad during a major counterterrorism drill in the country's southeast, its spokesman says.  

General Ahmad Shafaei, the spokesman for the “Martyrs of Security” drill, said Friday that a total of 23 terrorists have been killed and another 46 arrested in various clean-up operations ever since the IRGC Ground Force launched it in the Sistan and Baluchestan province on November 1.

Seven terrorists have also turned themselves in during the period.

“The undeniable fact about terrorists is that they rely on arrogant powers, particularly the intelligence service of the wicked and vicious Zionist regime," Shafaei said.

“Unfortunately, weapons and munitions at terrorists’ disposal are among the most sophisticated ones in the world. This accounts for their heavy dependence.” 

The official stated that several members of the disbanded terror teams were non-Iranian nationals, who had been hired by foreign intelligence agencies to carry out acts of sabotage and terror inside Iran.

In a most recent operation, six terrorists were arrested and four others were eliminated, three of whom were non-Iranians, he added. 

On October 26, ten members of Iran's law enforcement forces were killed in a terrorist attack in the Gohar Kuh district of Taftan in the Sistan and Baluchestan province.

The so-called Jaish al-Adl terrorist group claimed responsibility for the assault, which was one of the deadliest in the province in recent months.

The group has carried out numerous terrorist attacks in Iran, primarily in Sistan and Baluchestan.

Its tactics include the abduction of border guards as well as targeting civilians and police stations within the province to incite chaos and disorder.

In January, Iran launched a military operation during which the headquarters of the Pakistan-based terrorist group was targeted in missile strikes, destroying its infrastructure.

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