Saudi considers two-day weekend for private sector employees – Gulf Insider
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has said that it is studying the prospects of amending the Labor Law article related to working hours to increase the weekly off to two days for all workers in the private sector.
“The ministry is keen on taking all the measures that serve the interests of the workers and the labour market in a way that contributes to achieving the government’s objectives and the labour market strategy in light of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030,” Saad Al-Hammad, spokesman for the ministry, said while reacting to the demand of private sector employees to review the official working hours and applying the weekly off to two days for all sections of workers in the private sector.
The ministry had previously worked on proposed amendments to the Labor Law and had put forward these for feedback through a public opinion poll platform.
