SCSLD 431/1/641/2010/2

This case involved a claim by an employee for unpaid salary, holiday pay, an end of service gratuity and costs involved in him leaving the country. The employer tried wrongly to argue that a penal clause should apply but this was denied as it had not been covered in the employment contract.

Background

An employee filed a case against an employer before the First Instance Authority for Settlement of Labour Disputes requesting the employer pay his salary for April and July 2009 and an end of service gratuity, holiday pay, and provide a final exit permit with costs met by the employer.

The Authority issued a ruling requesting the employer to pay the employee 20 days of April 2009's salary which was worth 2000 Riyals and the full salary for July 2009 worth 3000 Riyals, plus 471 Riyals as an end of service gratuity. 659 Riyals was also to be paid for holiday pay and exit permit and other costs involved in him leaving the country.

The employer and the employee both appealed the ruling before Saudi Labour Ministry High Authority for Settlement of Labour Disputes (SLHASLD) in Jeddah.

Decision