In force
Saudi Labor Inspection Implementing Regulations
اللائحة التنفيذية لضبط أعمال تفتيش العمل وتنظيمها
Implementing regulations on controlling and regulating labor inspection work. The text is set out in 24 articles.
- Articles
- 24
- In force
- 24
- Amended
- 0
- Issued
- 14/8/1428 AH
Issued by: قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم (264) بتاريخ 14 / 8 / 1428
Each article shows the official Arabic text, which is the only legally binding version, followed by our plain-English explanation.
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Articles of the Saudi Labor Inspection Implementing Regulations
الفصل الأول: جهاز تفتيش العملArticles 1–6
- Article 1Article 1 defines labor inspection as the tasks carried out by labor inspectors, named by decision of the Minister of Labor, to exercise their powers under Article 196 of the Labor Law.
- Article 2Article 2 explains that the labor inspection body consists of a central department in the Ministry's Deputy Ministry for Labor Affairs and branch bodies in the labor offices.
- Article 3Article 3 bars replacing labor inspectors after their appointment, or assigning them additional duties, except by decision of the Minister and without conflicting with their duties or affecting their competence and impartiality.
- Article 4Article 4 requires labor inspectors to take an oath before the Minister of Labor before starting their work, pledging honesty and keeping secrets even after leaving the post, and a record is drawn up.
- Article 5Article 5 requires a labor inspector to carry a card bearing his photo and stamped with the Ministry's seal to prove his official status, and to return it when he leaves inspection work.
- Article 6Article 6 lists the tasks of the central labor inspection department, including supervising inspectors, caring for workers' health and safety, preparing forms and the annual report, and training inspectors.
الفصل الثاني: مهمات مفتشي العمل وواجباتهمArticles 7–10
- Article 7Article 7 sets the tasks of inspectors in the labor offices, including monitoring application of the Labor Law through visits, courteously explaining the purpose of the visit, assisting workers and employers, and preparing reports.
- Article 8Article 8 requires labor inspectors and their superiors to provide employers and workers with information and guidance, advise them on applying the best health and safety standards, and encourage cooperation between them.
- Article 9Article 9 requires labor inspectors and their superiors to cooperate with workers and employers alike to improve human relations, productive efficiency and stability in labor relations.
- Article 10Article 10 requires labor inspectors to handle problems with skill, integrity and fairness, and bars them from having any interest in establishments under their supervision or accepting gifts, offers or services.
الفصل الثالث: صلاحيات مفتشي العملArticles 11–12
- Article 11Article 11 sets the labor inspector's powers: entering workplaces, examining records and documents and copying them, taking samples and examining machinery, and questioning the employer and workers.
- Article 12Article 12 lets a labor inspector take one of several measures against a violator, depending on the violation's importance and circumstances: advice, oral warning, written notice with a deadline, or a violation report.
الفصل الرابع: تنظيم الزيارات التفتيشيةArticles 13–15
- Article 13Article 13 regulates inspection visits during working hours through weekly programs prepared in advance by the head of inspection and approved by the office director, and sets the basis for assigning establishments, the program's contents and visit timing.
- Article 14Article 14 provides that labor inspection outside official working hours is carried out under written instructions and orders from the head of inspection, stating the establishments, the inspection times and the names of the inspectors.
- Article 15Article 15 requires inspectors assigned to inspection outside official working hours to submit their reports on the results to their superiors on the day after the inspection.
الفصل الخامس: قواعد التفتيش وإجراءاتهArticles 16–24
- Article 16Article 16 requires intensifying inspection visits, especially to establishments that are unsatisfactory in protecting workers' health and safety or where dangerous operations take place, and returning early when a serious breach is found.
- Article 17Article 17 requires inspection in general periodic visits to cover all work conditions and terms without being limited to one aspect, with the inspector visiting the whole establishment.
- Article 18Article 18 makes inspection of an establishment the job of one inspector unless the director assigns more, and allows help from health and safety specialists of other ministries if the office has none.
- Article 19Article 19 requires the labor inspector to prepare a report on each inspection of each establishment for his superior, stating the visit details, the identification of the establishment, the number of workers and a summary of the actions taken.
- Article 20Article 20 requires labor inspectors to be careful, honest and precise, to base their remarks on what they observe themselves, and to refrain from remarks on matters they are not sufficiently familiar with.
- Article 21Article 21 obliges labor inspectors to follow up establishments found violating the Labor Law and its regulations with successive visits, after giving them sufficient and reasonable time limits to remedy the violations.
- Article 22Article 22 requires the violation report to be drawn up at the workplace, the employer to be asked the reasons for each violation and his statement recorded, and the report to be signed by the inspector and employer or his refusal noted.
- Article 23Article 23 requires the Ministry to prepare forms for violation reports, inspection registers, notices and warnings with instructions for their use, and bars labor offices from using any forms other than the approved ones.
- Article 24Article 24 provides that the Regulations are published in the Official Gazette and take effect from the date of publication.