Article 42 of the Saudi Enlisted Personnel Service Law

This article deals with the case of the member whose work by its nature requires continuous travel. Instead of calculating a secondment allowance for each mission, he is paid a monthly compensation in return for the secondment allowance.

The controls on this compensation are:

• It is paid by decision of the Minister.
• It does not exceed one third of his salary in a single month.
• The posts that are entitled to it are determined by decision of the Minister.

The meaning of "in return for the secondment allowance" is that this compensation replaces the secondment allowance for this category. The maximum is one third of the salary, so the compensation may be less than that according to what the Minister decides, but it does not exceed it.

Note that the article does not itself specify the posts covered but makes their determination by decision of the Minister, so it is not enough for a member to consider that his work requires much travel to be entitled to the compensation; his post must be one of the specified posts. The text also says "his salary" without stating whether it is the basic or the actual salary.

Anyone who believes his post by its nature requires continuous travel and has not been paid the compensation may consult a lawyer specialized in administrative matters and military service affairs.