Background

An employee filed a case against a company and requested the elementary authority to order the company to pay him compensation for unfair dismissal and two days' salary.

The authority ruled that the company should pay the employee 20709.58 Riyals.

Decision

The company appealed the ruling before the High Authority for the Settlement of Labour Disputes and stated they had dismissed the employee because he had failed to pass the probation period and his performance was weak.

The high authority stated this argument was invalid because the case documents revealed that the employee had finished the probation period and that the company had failed to provide any evidence that could change the ruling.

The high authority upheld the elementary ruling.