Article 14 of the Saudi Voluntary Service Law

This article shows who may end voluntary work and on what conditions, and deals with three parties:

1. The beneficiary body: it may end the volunteer's work under conditions and controls that it sets. The article does not state these conditions, but leaves their determination to the body, so reference is made to the controls each body has set.

2. The volunteer's employer: if the volunteer is an employee or worker and volunteers during official working hours, his employer may end his release for voluntary work, after coordinating in writing with the beneficiary body. The two conditions here are that the volunteering be during official working hours, and that written coordination precede the ending.

3. The volunteer himself: he may end his voluntary work with the beneficiary body, on two conditions:

• Notifying the body sufficiently in advance of ending, without the text specifying a particular period.
• Taking care that this does not disrupt the voluntary work, for example by avoiding a sudden withdrawal that holds up an ongoing task.

This is consistent with the nature of volunteering as based on free will and choice according to the definition of voluntary work in Article 1; the volunteer is free to leave, but with regard for the interest of the work. Someone facing a disagreement about ending his volunteering can refer to Article 16, which obliges the beneficiary body to consider volunteers' grievances, or consult a general practice lawyer.