Background

An employee filed a case against a company with the First Instance Authority for Settlement of Labour Disputes (FIASLD) in Jeddah requesting the company reinstate him and pay his salary from the date on which he was dismissed until his return to work.

The First Instance Authority issued a ruling (770/2009) requesting the company to honour all of the employee's requests.

Decision

The company filed an appeal before SLHASLD claiming the employee was dismissed for attacking another employee. However, the employee denied this and the company had failed to provide evidence to support its claim. The SLHASLD stated the documentation of the case did not show anything that might support this claim; therefore, the employee's dismissal was not based on a valid reason.

The SLHASLD issued a ruling upholding the appealed ruling.