The Minister of Human Resources and Social Development of Saudi Arabia, Eng. Ahmed bin Sulaiman Al-Rajhi, issued a ministerial decision to raise the minimum salary calculation for Saudis in "Nitaqat" from 3,000 to 4,000  Saudi riyals.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development published a press release, which stated that, as per the decision, “it is a condition for the Saudi worker to be calculated in the Saudization percentage of the Nitaqat program by 1 worker, His monthly salary should not be less than 4,000 Saudi riyals.

A Saudi employee whose monthly salary is equal to 3,000 riyals is also calculated by only half of the Saudization percentage in the “Nitaqat” program. A Saudi worker whose monthly salary is less than 3,000 riyals is not calculated in the Saudization percentage of the “Nitaqat” program.

The Saudi worker whose monthly salary is more than 3,000 riyals and less than 4,000 riyals is calculated by only half of the Saudization percentage in the “Nitaqat” program.

The Saudi worker whose monthly salary is more than 3,000 riyals and less than 4,000 riyals is calculated by only half of the Saudization percentage in the “Nitaqat” program.

The part time worker is also calculated in the Saudization percentage in the “Nitaqat” program as half of a Saudi worker for the benefit of the company he works for, social insurance contributions are paid with a minimum monthly salary of 3,000 riyals, it is not calculated in the percentage of Saudization with more than 2 companies.

A employee with the flexible work system is calculated in the nationalization percentage in the “Nitaqat” program by one-third of a Saudi worker for the company he works for, provided that he completes a total of 168 work hours and pays social insurance contributions, taking into account ministerial decisions regarding flexible work.

The decision includes Saudi students residing in the Kingdom who regularly work part time, permanent workers, and flexible work system workers.

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