SCSLD 432/1/1494/2011

This case involved a request by an employee for his sponsorship to be transferred. The court rightly rejected the case as the employee had admitted they had never worked for the company and didn't have an employment contract with it. These courts were only responsible for employment disputes.

Background

An employee filed a case before the First Instance Authority for Settlement of Labour Disputes (FIASLD) in Riyadh against a company requesting the transfer of his sponsorship.

The FIASLD issued a ruling dismissing the consideration of the transfer of his sponsorship because it did not have the power and requesting the deportation of the employee to his country with costs met by the company.

The employee appealed the ruling before SLHASLD, which examined the case and said that the employee had stated he did not work for the company and that there was no employment contract between them and given the powers given to the FIASLD and SLHASLD were for settling disputes stemming from employment relationships which was not the case in this dispute, the SLHASLD should not consider this case.

The SLHASLD refused to consider the case.