Background

An employee filed a case before the First Instance Authority for Settlement of Labour Disputes (FIASLD) in Jeddah against a company requesting they give him his academic certificates, the certificates of experience and an end of service gratuity.

The FIASLD issued a ruling dismissing the case pursuant to the provisions of Article 222 of the Labour Law because the claim had been filed outside of the permitted timeframe.

The employee appealed the ruling before SLHASLD which examined the case and stated that the employee's last day of work was on 15/04/2006 and he had submitted the claim on 15/03/2009 which was more than 12 months from the date on which the employment relationship ended. The SLHASLD stated the FIASLD ruling was valid under Article 222.

Decision

The SLHASLD upheld the appealed ruling.