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Saudi Arabia: Tightened control over expat labor

Announcement

22 May 2012

In May 2012, the government of Saudi Arabia announced a change for the labour market access of foreign workers.

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Number of interventions

1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

15 Nov 2012

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 22 May 2012
Labour market access In force
On Tuesday, May 22nd 2012 the Deputy Labor Minister of Saudi Arabia (Mufarrej al-Haqbani) announced that they would start licensing expat labor within a month. Currently, certified companies are allow...
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