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Imdramayu
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Location: South Korea
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 Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 7:44 am Post subject: Employer required to provide free accomodation |
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Doesn't the Saudi Labour Law require all employers to provide either free accomodation to expat employees or a housing allowance?
Who has been required to pay rent (without a housing allowance) by an employer here in KSA? Direct hires @ Aramco are required to pay rent. Sure, the rent is much smaller than comparable accomodation in the US. But I thought it was supposed to be free. Is there something I'm missing here? If I mistaken, then please correct me.
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Mysterious
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| Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:50 am Post subject: |
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| I'm surprised that Aramco aren't given accommodation allowance or the likes. Completely surprised. I wouldn't have thought you'd have to pay.. :/ |
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Grendal
Joined: 13 Aug 2009
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Location: Lurking in the depths of the Faisaliah Tower underground parking.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:16 pm Post subject: Re: Employer required to provide free accomodation |
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| Imdramayu wrote: |
Doesn't the Saudi Labour Law require all employers to provide either free accomodation to expat employees or a housing allowance?
Who has been required to pay rent (without a housing allowance) by an employer here in KSA? Direct hires @ Aramco are required to pay rent. Sure, the rent is much smaller than comparable accomodation in the US. But I thought it was supposed to be free. Is there something I'm missing here? If I mistaken, then please correct me.
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Hi,
You have a kind of Matrix thing happening with your avatar Im.
Might it be that the base salary you receive has that calculated in?
Regards.
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ultraman111
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| Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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afaik
Aramco direct hires get on compound and housed according to their grade code/11 or above being the minimum professional level I believe. There is rent, but its subsidized and free utilities....pay as u go phone and net. Rent 70s style furniture on the cheap or buy your own.. |
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Imdramayu
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:09 am Post subject: Paying rent |
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@Grendel -- I'm getting tired of my avatar -- unrelated to my username. Any suggestions? Got any nice pictures of imdramayu that I could use?
@all -- I've heard (somewhere) that Aramcons pay rent because many of them are Americans. If they didn't pay rent, they'd be taxed on their income PLUS estimated monetary value of their housing. So, paying a little rent (and eliminating the tax threat) is much cheaper than paying tax.
One catch, for non-Americans (like Canadians) -- they loss on the bargain because Canadians don't pay tax at all if the go non-resident. So, are non-Americans required to pay rent as Americans are?
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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Location: USA
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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Most of the American TEFLers don't make enough money even with the housing bit to have to worry about it.  If you are working through one of the recruiters, it's not an issue. Direct hires will be a different situation as their salary will already be partially taxable. It is the employer who decides the housing process, and as long as ARAMCO has been there, I'm sure that it is already set up properly - tax-wise.
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scot47
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Accommodation provided or an allowance for housing - that is what the Labour Code says. Does not apply if you have been suckered into coming on a business visa ! |
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