The most important legal news in local newspapers
We in Ben Arafa Law Group Consulting & Legal Legitimacy L.L.C likes to provide you of the most important legal news in the local newspapers for this week, which related to your business and commercial, labor and procedural activities, and accordingly we provide you with the most important news as follows:
“Qiwa” launches the service of “job market inclusion” to enable absent employee transfer their services to a new employee.
“Qiwa” website which follows ministry of human resources launches a new service in the name of “Job market inclusion” that aims at enabling resident employees who are absent from their work to transfer their services to a new employer and making a new contract, in a condition of 12 months pass from the date of the employee entry to the KSA before work stoppage or terminating the contracting relationship.
The service includes the following categories:
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The employees whose status is transformed to job absentee after the completion of the grace period for 60 days, as a result of work absence of the ones who don’t have documented contracts.
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The employees whose documented contracts are completed and their status is transformed to work absentee after the completion of the grace period.
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The employees who were absent from the work before launching the initiative of work absence, including the reports issued outside Qiwa website.
The employees who are absent because of the final departure visa are excluded. The website asserts that the service is permanent and not a temporary one. It enables the employee to re-contract with a new employer when he meets the regulations.
For the money charges, Qiwa website points out that:
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The charges is the responsibility of the previous employer in a case that the employee status is “currently working at the establishment”
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The charges is the responsibility of the new employer in a case that the employee status is “absent from the work”
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Also, the charges is the responsibility of the new employer in a case that the employee is registered at a non-existing or under establishing establishment.
The commerce: Imprisonment for 3 years and a fine of a million riyals in a case of fake offers
Ministry of commerce asserts that electronic stores and facilities should undertake with the conditions that regulate commercial competitions.
The ministry spokesman points out that those conditions include the necessity of having an electronic license from the commercial chamber before the competition, in addition to explaining the method of participation, the category of prizes awarded to the winners, the commencement and the completion dates for the competition. The ministry asserts that in a case of not undertaking with the conditions, the prizes shall be given under its direct supervision. He states that the conditions that regulate commercial competitions include prohibiting making a condition of increasing the prices of products for participants to enter the competition. Also, department stores should publish the license number at the competition advertisement, and undertaking with all instructions issued by the ministry of commerce, according to the ministry of commerce announcement on the date of Monday, 22nd September, 2025 (30th Rabea Awal, 1447H)
Legal News:
Competition law prevents companies from conspiring to kick out rivals from the market, or to use the dominant position for limiting the competition or dominating the market.
According to the law, the violations include:
Selling in prices less than the cost to expose rivals to losses.
Limiting prices or conditions in a way that hinders new rivals entry.
Unfairness with clients that violates the principle of market fairness.
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