Al-Marsad Newspaper: The writer, Dr Badr bin Saud, commented on the Ministry of Human Resources’s adoption of the remote work system in the government sector within an employee program.
maternity leave
Badr bin Saud said, in his article “A leave with a quarter of the salary”, published in the newspaper “Okaz”: “The remote working system has been present in Saudi legislation since 2014, and the blessed vision has come and invested. heavily in it, and at the beginning of 2022 the Ministry of Human Resources adopted the labor system “. be transferred to this style with a full salary, ensuring that the employee does not miss his opportunity to evaluate performance and promotion, knowing that maternity leave in the Kingdom is a quarter of the salary, This means that it could be less than the Saudi minimum salary in some cases.
quorum specified
He stressed: “Unlike the fact that most government and private agencies do not enforce article 159 of the Saudi labor system and do not work to allocate incubators for working mothers in their workplaces, despite state support through the program (Qura) and have exceeded the quorum required by law, compared to India which provides for it and considers it mandatory, and according to UNICEF, the child needs the mother in his first years of life, precisely in the period of self-training between birth and the age of five, in which his personality and temperament are traced that will accompany him throughout his life.
Discrimination at work
She pointed out: “The maternal wall is a Western term that describes bullying practices towards working mothers and refers, according to the Harvard Business Review, to cases of discrimination in the workplace against them, because of their family commitment, and therefore deliberately excludes them from promotion opportunities and important administrative responsibilities, because they are mothers, while they must be treated as if they were delegated to a solemn official work mission, and by granting them leave of up to three years with full salary, as is the case in Finland, and not for a period not exceeding 90 days, as is the case in most Arab countries.
Unemployment rates
He explained: “The issue is not just about working mothers, as the Corona pandemic has caused a radical revolution in traditional work culture around the world and, according to 2021 statistics, 76% of employees in the Middle East region. , prefer to work from home rather than go back to offices, and this gives the impression of a general trend towards complete business automation, and it is not excluded that it will turn into a strategic option in the near future, because it will help reduce the rates of unemployment, increase productivity and the level of organizational loyalty, allow people with disabilities to work in all jobs and neutralize their need for special equipment for mobility and work “.
Holy Prophet
He continued: “The presence of a government program for remote work, will make decisions about this kind of semi-immediate application, because it will provide what the government and private institutions need, in particular platforms, systems and computer programs. for remote work applications, making them able to hire and control the time of presence and departure of employees, and measure the Indicators of his continuous performance of his duties, as well as his promotion and reward from a distance and, above all, will provide the employer the allowances deriving from the effective presence at the workplace, and with it the rationalization of operating expenses, and fairness towards working mothers and people with disabilities, preserving their rights “.
