Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Saudi Arabia (Ratification: 1978)

Article 3(1)(a) of the Convention. Enforcement of the legal provisions relating to payment of wages. Referring also to its observation, the Committee notes the information provided by the Government, including the fact that the Ministry of Labour is preparing a system whereby employers will be obliged to pay workers their wages through the banking system, which will make it easier to identify employers who have not paid wages due and the number and identity of workers who have not received their wage. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would send information on this system once it has been set up, and on its impact on the effectiveness of enforcing the legal provisions relating to the payment of wages, and to provide statistics on the establishments failing to pay wages and the penalties imposed on them, as well as statistics on the workers who have not received their wages.

The Committee requests the Government to supplement this information by also providing data on the situation with respect to wage arrears.