VOL. XLI

No. 35

31-August-1998

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Employment Regulations Tightened

Moves are being made to tighten Saudi labor regulations in an effort to offset pressureon the public sector to provide long-term employment for Saudi nationals. In a statementreleased on 22 August, the Saudi Passport Department said that 40 Saudi nationals havebeen imprisoned for employing illegal immigrant workers, with sentences ranging from oneweek to three months. They were also fined a total of around...