Domestic labor offices in the country are facing bankruptcy because of the strict implementation of new rules, said Khalid Al-Dakhnan who heads the society of owners of domestic labor offices.

He clarified that workers who are returned or return to the domestic labor offices during the six-month probation period, are proving a nightmare for the labor offices, as they face the double cost of sending the worker back to their country of origin, and returning the money paid by the sponsors.

Nearly 70 percent of the domestic workers who go to work for a sponsor return, either because the sponsor was not satisfied with the services provided by the  worker, or because the worker found the work and living conditions at the sponsor’s place unsuitable and do not desire to complete the period specified in the contracts.

If a worker refuses to continue working for a sponsor due to the pressure faced during the first six months, the law stipulates that the labor office has to send the worker back to the country of origin. The office is not allowed to transfer the worker to another sponsor, and as a result incurs huge losses.

Al-Dakhnan pointed out that these conditions are not applicable to the government-appointed Durra Company, as it has the right to transfer the worker to another sponsor. He added that this clause, which was added in the new law and implemented in 2015, has placed domestic labor offices in danger of bankruptcy.


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