Background

An employer filed a claim with the First Instance Authority for Settlement of Labour Disputes (FIASLD) in Dammam against a company requesting the implementation of the provisions of Article 233 of the Labour Law because the company had violated Article 39 of the Labour Law.

The FIASLD issued a ruling dismissing the case because it had been filed by a party which did not have the legal standing to do so.

The employer filed an appeal before the SLHASLD which examined the case and stated that the employer had filed the claim because the company had employed an employee who was sponsored by the employer without their permission.

The SLHASLD stated the request to implement the provisions of the Labour Law were within the powers of the Labour Inspectors as per Article 198 of the Labour Law and the employer had filed the claim despite the fact he did not have the necessary power to do so the appealed ruling was valid.

Decision