Saudi Arabia has set a minimum wage of SAR3,000 (US$800) for employees to be considered Saudi nationals under the Gulf state’s Saudisation programme, the Ministry of Labour said.
Saudi nationals earning SAR1,500 will be viewed as “half workers” under the Nitaqat programme while those earning less will not be included in saudisation quotas from February 2, Arab News reported.
The Gulf state, which is struggling to create public-sector jobs thanks to a decades-long population boom, is pushing ahead with plans to encourage more private-sector companies to reduce their foreign workforce in favour of Saudis.
Roughly nine in ten employees of private firms in Saudi Arabia are expatriates, according to official estimates. Foreign workers, mainly from South or South-East Asia, generally command lower wages than Saudi staff.
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