Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2024, publiée 113ème session CIT (2025)

Convention (n° 95) sur la protection du salaire, 1949 - Arabie saoudite (Ratification: 2020)

Article 7 of the Convention. Work stores. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes that in its report, the Government indicates that the country’s legislation does not contain any provisions obliging the worker to use the employers’ work stores. The Committee recalls that this provision is not self-executing and requires specific measures by the competent authorities for its implementation (General Survey of 2003 on Protection of Wages, paragraph 202, footnote 110). The Committee therefore requests the Government to provide information on the manner in which it is ensured that workers are free from any coercion to make use of work stores or services, and that when they use them, the goods or services are provided at fair and reasonable prices for the benefit of the workers concerned.

Articles 8(2) and 14(b). Information on deductions from wages. Information on the particulars of their wages. In reply to its previous comment, the Committee notes the information provided by the Government according to which: (i) section 92 of the Labour Law stipulates that all deductions from a worker's wages must be approved in writing by the worker, and this procedure ensures that the worker is informed of the deductions made; (ii) in the framework of the Wage Protection Programme, private sector employers are required to register in a database details of wages paid, including the amount of total deductions; and (iii) workers shall be provided with the details and particulars of their wages through this database. The Committee notes this information, which responds to its previous request.