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RIYADH � The Ministry of Labor has urged female teachers in private schools not to submit to pressure by school owners to sign amended contracts specifying smaller salaries.
An official source at the Ministry of Labor said owners of private schools have no right to force Saudi female teachers to sign new contracts with privileges less than the ones defined in the initial contract.
�Also, they don't have any right to threaten them with termination of services or freezing their salaries.�
Affected teachers were urged to raise the matter with the officials at the local labor office.
Ali Al-Swailm, a legal adviser and member of the lawyers' committee at the Saudi Council of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, said, �The alteration of an original contract aimed at reducing the privileges is unlawful as it violates the labor law.�...

http://www.sauress.com/en/saudigazette/139747


And over in the public health sector:

...�The arbitrary firing of employees by the operating company is a violation of regulations. The employees should be reinstated and compensated for the harm caused by the termination decision. Those affected should file a lawsuit against the company at the Labor Office, which would refer the case to the Committee for Resolving Labor Violations. The hospital has nothing to do with the case since it has a contract with the company.�

http://www.sauress.com/en/saudigazette/75926