Saudi’s Expatriate Worker Wage Insurance, effective October 6, 2024, covers up to SAR 17,500 in unpaid wages and includes a repatriation ticket if 80%+ of workers at a firm go unpaid for six months.

Saudi Arabia arrested 19,100 people in one week during a nationwide crackdown on residency, labour and border violations ...

On October 6, 2025, Saudi Arabia launched a new Unified Employment Contract designed to put workers first. This digital, standardized agreement helps employees protect their rights, ensure timely wage ...

The government of Saudi Arabia is investigating allegations of serious worker mistreatment in the supply chain of Noon, the sleeve sponsor of Premier League club Newcastle United, which were revealed ...

Saudi Arabia's crackdown on residency, labour, and border security violations yielded over 21,000 infractions in a week. Authorities arrested thousands attempting illegal entry and exit, including ...

The docket of alleged abuses, from “rampant wage theft” to near-forced labor, read just like a chapter of recent World Cup history. On a Zoom call last week, Michael Page outlined the findings of a ...

Next week, the international football organization, FIFA, is set to confirm Saudi Arabia as host of the 2034 Men’s World Cup. They’ll do this regardless of the country’s appalling human rights record.

RIYADH — The Saudi security authorities have arrested a total of 18,836 illegal residents during the last week. The arrests were made in the joint inspections, carried out by the security forces in ...

I paid US$1,115 in recruitment fees to the agent which I borrowed from relatives at 42 percent interest rate. I was told that I would be working as a waiter in a hotel but was instead placed as a ...