Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Self Employment in Delivery sector is prohibited for Expats
New rules about delivery services will go into effect in Saudi Arabia in April 2024. These rules will prohibit expats to work for themselves in this rapidly expanding sector. Trending : Filipino workforce doubled in Saudi Arabia last year
The Transport General Authority (TGA) of the kingdom has put in place a set of rules to regulate the delivery service sector. One of these rules is that non-Saudis working in the sector must wear a uniform.
- According to the rules, delivery companies must use a system directly connected to TGA to verify the faces of their drivers. They must also gradually hire non-Saudi delivery drivers through light transport companies over the course of 14 months.
Saudi citizens can work for themselves in Delivery service sector :
The new rules also let you use light-duty cars for advertising as long as you work with the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs. Most Viewed : World Health Organization honored Saudi Food and Drug Authority for trans fat-free products
- The new method is also meant to make delivery drivers more efficient and improve services related to them. It will also make things safer and more trustworthy.
- TGA says that the rules are also meant to encourage Saudi citizens to work in this field so that more jobs can be created for them.
- "One of the most important sector in the kingdom is delivery sector." "One of our main goals is to regulate it and make it work better," said TGA spokesperson Saleh Al Zuwayed.
- He told Saudi news TV Al Ekhbariya that 37 licensed companies work in the delivery business in the kingdom. Read : Monitoring the violations of Trucks and Buses is to be automate from 21st April
