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Gulf Business
4 days ago
- Business
- Gulf Business
Hiring a domestic worker in Saudi? Here's what you must know
Image credit: Getty Images The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in Saudi Arabia has launched a new 'CV Upload' service for domestic workers through the Musaned platform. Read- According to Advantages of the service The ministry explained that the service is an innovative model aimed at facilitating the selection of domestic workers based on their résumés and enabling a smoother, more efficient transfer of services. The process is fully automated, improving employers' access to workers already residing in the country. Through Musaned, domestic workers can upload their CVs once their contracts with their current employers end. These CVs include information such as job titles and prior experience, allowing prospective employers to search for and select candidates based on relevant skills and job requirements. This initiative also aims to protect the rights of both workers and employers. The service is part of the ministry's broader effort to develop the recruitment sector in Saudi Arabia. It follows a series of initiatives designed to safeguard the rights of all parties in the contractual relationship, including the Wages Protection Program for domestic workers, mandatory insurance, and the Unified Contract Program, which clearly defines the rights and obligations of both parties. Rights and protections for domestic workers Under Employing a domestic worker under the age of 21. Assigning a worker to tasks not specified in their contract or making them work for another employer. Discriminating against workers based on race, color, sex, religion, nationality, social or national origin, or disability. Engaging in any form of sexual harassment, verbal or physical. Subjecting workers to forced labor or any form of human trafficking. Causing physical harm to the worker. Violating the dignity of migrant workers. Obligations of Recruitment Offices in Saudi Arabia Recruitment companies and domestic worker recruitment offices must adhere to the following responsibilities, as outlined by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development: Inform workers of the nature of the job and their expected pay. Provide proof of the worker's health, psychological, and professional fitness. Conduct medical examinations within 30 days prior to the worker's entry into Saudi Arabia. Educate workers on Saudi customs, traditions, and public morals. Provide temporary housing and basic sustenance upon arrival until workers are handed over to employers. Offer proper housing and support in cases where workers refuse or are unable to work. Treat workers with dignity and avoid any form of violence. Inform workers about the appropriate authorities to contact in case of rights violations. Neither the office nor any third party may solicit or accept commissions or fees from domestic workers in exchange for securing employment. Conclude contracts with employers through mechanisms approved by the ministry. Contracts must include the employer's specifications and conditions for the recruited worker.
Arabian Business
5 days ago
- Business
- Arabian Business
Saudi Arabia launches CV upload feature for domestic workers
Saudi Arabia announced the launch of a new CV upload service for domestic workers to ease workers' transfer among employers. The Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development said the 'CV Upload' service for domestic workers through the Musaned platform will allow employers to use it when transferring the service of a worker to another employer. #وزارة_الموارد_البشرية_والتنمية_الاجتماعية تطلق خدمة "رفع السيرة الذاتية" للعمالة المساندة (المنزلية) عبر منصة @Musaned_DL. — وزارة الموارد البشرية والتنمية الاجتماعية (@HRSD_SA) May 25, 2025 The service is an innovative model designed to facilitate the selection of workers based on their resume and to enable the smooth and streamlined transfer of services, the ministry said. The process is fully automated, enhancing employers' access to domestic workers already residing in the Kingdom, it added. Through Musaned, domestic workers can now upload their CVs once their contract with their current employer ends. The uploaded CVs include details such as job titles and acquired experience, allowing prospective employers to search and select candidates based on skills and job requirements. This measure also helps protect the rights of both workers and employers. The new service aligns with the ministry's broader efforts to develop the recruitment sector in the Kingdom. Previously, the ministry launched several initiatives to safeguard the rights of both parties in the contractual relationship, including the Wages Protection Programme for domestic workers, mandatory insurance, and the Unified Contract Programme, which is binding on both parties and clearly outlines their rights and obligations.
New York Times
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Book Review: ‘Gulf,' by Mo Ogrodnik
GULF, by Mo Ogrodnik Five women from different countries and social classes find themselves living in and around the Arabian Peninsula in Mo Ogrodnik's debut novel, 'Gulf,' a passionate if uneven look at the physical and emotional violence that women migrants face in the Persian Gulf region in particular, where tens of millions of foreign workers live today. Unfortunately, the premise tying together these disparate characters is as tenuous as it sounds, resulting in a portrait of women in the Middle East that feels reductive, at times even stereotypical. Newly wed to the heir of a Saudi Arabian railway empire, Dounia is forced to move from Jeddah to a sprawling new mansion in the 'desolate industrial complex' of Ras al-Khair, an epicenter of the region's wealth, rapid modernization and maze-like construction sites. University educated and ambitious, she once hoped to join her father-in-law's empire, as he was the one who 'saw her potential' beyond the home. But his unexpected death leaves her feeling 'useless and rotten,' isolated in the role of pregnant housewife. When Dounia hires a Filipina domestic worker named Flora to be her maid and nanny, the latter is grieving her infant son's recent death in a hurricane back home. 'In the Gulf States, your employer is your sponsor,' Dounia explains of the region's exploitative kafala system that often amounts to indentured servitude. Descending into postpartum depression, obsession and paranoia, she takes Flora's passport and phone and treats her with increasing cruelty. Meanwhile, Justine, a curator at the Museum of Natural History in New York, moves to Abu Dhabi with her teenage daughter, Wren, to oversee a falcon exhibit at a brand-new museum, lured by the job's promises of financial security and adventure. There the privileged American expat will become disastrously entangled with Eskedare, an Ethiopian teenager who has traveled to the U.A.E. on forged documents.
