Labour and Employment Compliance in Saudi Arabia, 4th Edition

1. Legal Framework: Employment Laws in KSA

2. Contracts of Employment

3. Recruiting, Interviewing, Screening and Hiring Employees

4. Managing Performance/Conduct

5. Termination of Employees for Performance or Disciplinary Reasons

6. Layoffs, Reductions in Force and/or Redundancies as a Result of Job Eliminations or Other Restructuring

7. Labour and Employment Law Ramifications Upon Acquisition or Sale of Business

8. Use of Alternative Workforces: Independent Contractors, Contract Employees, and Temporary or Leased Workers

9. Obligation to Bargain Collectively With Trade Unions: Employees’ Right to Strike and a Company’s Right to Continue Business Operations

10. Working Conditions: Hours of Work and Payment of Wages: by Statute or Collective Agreements

11. Other Workings Conditions and Benefits: by Statute, Collective Agreements or Company Policy

12. Workers’ Compensation

13. Company’s Obligations to Provide a Safe and Healthy Workplace

14. Immigration, Secondment and Foreign Assignment

15. Restrictive Covenants and Protection of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information

16. Protection of Whistleblowing Claims

17. Prohibition of Discrimination in the Workplace

18. Smoking in the Workplace

19. Use Of Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace

20. AIDS, HIV, SARS, Blood-Borne Pathogens

21. Dress and Grooming Requirements

22. Privacy, Technology and Transfer of Personal Data

23. Workplace Investigations for Complaints of Discrimination, Harassment, Fraud, Theft and Whistleblowing

24. Affirmative Action/Non-Discrimination Requirements

25. Resolution of Labour, Discrimination and Employment Disputes: Litigation, Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation

26. Employer Record-Keeping, Data Protection, and Employee Access to Personnel Files and Records

27. Required Notices and Postings