TRANSLATION

1- Members of the employers family, namely his wife, ascendants and descendants who
work in the establishment with no other employees.
2- Domestic servants and the like.
3- Sea workmen who work in vessels whose tonnage is less than 500 tons.
4- Agriculture workmen other than the categories set forth in Article 5.
5- Non Saudi workmen who are brought in to perform a specific task and for a period of not
more than two months.
6- Players and coaches of sport clubs and associations.
The Ministry of Labor shall, in coordination with the competent agencies, draw up and submit to
the Council of Ministers the rules applicable to domestic servants and similar categories to
regulate their relationship with their employers and to define the rights and duties of each party.
Article 8:
Any condition that violates the provisions of this law as well as any release or reconciliation
involving the rights of the workman arising from this law during the currency of the employment
contract, shall be null and void, except where such condition, release or reconciliation is more
beneficial to the workman.
Article 9:
Arabic is the language that shall be used in the data, records, files, employment contracts and the
other documents provided for in this law or in any other decision issued in implementation of its
provisions, as well as the instructions of the employer to its workmen.
If the employer uses a foreign language besides Arabic in any of the above cases, the Arabic
version shall prevail over other versions.
Article 10:
All periods and dates referred to in this law shall be calculated on the basis of the Hijrah
calendar, except where the employment contract or the bylaws provide any thing to the contrary.
Article 11:
1- If the employer entrusts to a natural or juristic person any of his principal operations or any
part thereof, the latter shall give his workmen all rights and privileges granted by the
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TRANSLATION SERVICES DIVISION, DHAHRAN

DATE: 23-Apr-06

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