Article 6 of the Saudi Labor Inspection Implementing Regulations
المادة 6 من اللائحة التنفيذية لضبط أعمال تفتيش العمل وتنظيمها · الفصل الأول: جهاز تفتيش العمل
Article 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.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
تتولى الإدارة المركزية لتفتيش العمل المهمات التالية :
أ - الإشراف على أعمال المفتشين في مكاتب العمل وتوجيههم ، ومراقبة أعمال التفتيش ومتابعة خططه وبرامجه .
ب - الاهتمام بصحة العمال وسلامتهم ووقايتهم من أخطار الآلآت ومن الأمراض المهنية وإصابات العمل ، ونشر الوعي الصحي والوقائي بجميع الوسائل الممكنة .
ج - وضع مشاريع القرارات والتعليمات المتعلقة بتفتيش العمل وفق النظام .
د - إعداد تقرير سنوي عام عن منجزات تفتيش العمل في المملكة، وذلك وفقا للمادة ( 206 ) من نظام العمل .
هـ - إعداد نماذج التقارير والبيانات والاستمارات والسجلات المتعلقة بتفتيش العمل، وتزويد دوائر تفتيش العمل في المكاتب بها.
و - دراسة التقارير الشهرية التي تعدّها دوائر تفتيش العمل وتدقيقها وبيان الملحوظات عليها .
ز - تنظيم أو المشاركة في تنظيم دورات تدريبية لمفتشي العمل لتأهيلهم للقيام بواجباتهم وتطوير مهاراتهم في مجال أعمالهم .
ح - القيام بجولات توجيهية لتفقد سير العمل في دوائر تفتيش العمل في المكاتب، والتأكد من قيامها بالمهمات الموكولة إليها بموجب هذه اللائحة ونظام العمل .
ط - ممارسة غير ذلك من المهمات التي تدخل في نطاق تفتيش العمل.
This is the official Arabic wording, the only legally binding version. We do not translate the law itself; the explanation below is ours. Official source: Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers
Article 6 explained in plain English
The central department is the top level of the inspection body under Article 2, and this article sets out its tasks:
- Supervision and direction: supervising and directing the work of the inspectors in the labor offices, monitoring inspection work and following up its plans and programs.
- Workers' health and safety: caring about protecting them from the dangers of machinery, occupational diseases and work injuries, and spreading health and preventive awareness by every possible means.
- Regulation: drafting decisions and instructions relating to labor inspection in accordance with the Law.
- The general annual report on the achievements of labor inspection in the Kingdom, under Article 206 of the Labor Law.
- Forms: preparing the forms for reports, data, application forms and registers and supplying the inspection departments with them.
- Studying the monthly reports of the inspection departments, checking them and noting any comments on them.
- Training: organizing courses for labor inspectors or taking part in organizing them.
- Guidance tours to check how work is going in the inspection departments in the offices.
- Any other tasks that fall within the scope of labor inspection.
These tasks relate to Article 7, which requires the inspectors in the offices to prepare monthly and annual reports, and to Article 23 on the approved forms. Anyone with a question about his establishment's obligations may consult a lawyer specializing in labor cases.
Translated from our Arabic explanation with machine assistance. For guidance only; it does not replace advice from a lawyer on your situation.
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Frequently asked questions about Article 6 of the Saudi Labor Inspection Implementing Regulations
What is the role of the central labor inspection department?
Supervising and directing inspectors, caring for workers' health and safety, drafting decisions, preparing the annual report and forms, studying monthly reports, training and guidance tours.
Does labor inspection deal with occupational safety?
Yes. Among its tasks is caring for workers' health and safety and protecting them from the dangers of machinery, occupational diseases and work injuries, and spreading health and preventive awareness.
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تفتيش العمل : المهمات التي يقوم بها مفتشو العمل الذين يسميهم وزير العمل بقرار منه ، وذلك لتنفيذ اختصاصاتهم المنصوص عليها في المادة (196) من نظام العمل.
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يتألف جهاز تفتيش العمل من إدارة مركزية في وكالة الوزارة للشؤون العمالية ومن أجهزة فرعية في مكاتب العمل.
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لا يجوز تبديل مفتشي العمل بعد تعيينهم، أو تكليفهم بواجبات إضافية إلا وفقاً للشروط التالية : أ - أن يكون التبديل بقرار من وزير العمل . ب - ألاَّ تتعارض الواجبات
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يقسم مفتشو العمل قبل مباشرتهم مهمات تفتيش العمل أمام وزير العمل اليمين التالية : ( أقسم بالله أن أقوم بمهام وظيفتي بأمانة وإخلاص ، وألاَّ أفشي سراً من أسرار أي
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يحمل مفتش العمل بطاقة تحمل صورته ومختومة بالختم الرسمي للوزارة، وذلك لإثبات صفته الرسمية عند قيامه بمهمات تفتيش العمل ، وعلى المفتش إعادة هذه البطاقة عند تركه ل
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