Friday, June 25, 2021
Recruitment offices should bear the cost of Institutional quarantine for Domestic workers
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in Saudi Arabia reminded its decision that recruitment offices shall bear the cost of institutional quarantine for domestic workers for whom contracts were executed before the announcement about introduction of 7-day quarantine.
The Ministry's spokesperson clarified it in a statement, in reaction to reports about the gathering of a number of owners and officials of recruitment offices near to the ministry building to oppose the decision of the ministry regarding institutional quarantine expenses.
- The recruitment office owners were of the view that domestic workers should bear institutional quarantine expenses as the agreements had been concluded before the announcement regarding this quarantine, as per the report of Saudi Gazette. Trending : Saudi Arabia approves of giving 2 doses of two different vaccines
- The ministry explained that their demand does not comply with the provisions of the recruitment contracts concluded between two parties.
- As per the ministry's statement, the owners of recruitment offices during the previous meetings with the ministry, about the reasoning for the decision, the legal opinion and the administrative measures taken by the ministry in extending the contracts so that they can fulfill their duties towards the recruiting clients.
- The ministry said that it seeks, through its decisions, to do what serves the public interest and it always coordinates with the concerned authorities and different sectors before taking any decision. Read : Second dose of Corona vaccine is available for 50 years and above
