Monday, April 14, 2008
Saudi Arabia offers cultural training for migrant workers
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia challenging organizations, companies, and nations to provide migrant workers with education about Saudi work laws. Although training on cultural customs and/or history is often provided the training does not extend into labor laws.
Ahmed Abdulraham Al Mansour, Saudi Deputy Minister for Labour, issued the challenge to provide extended training at the Saudi-Bangladesh Joint Economic Commission, held during the first week of April, 2008.
Ahmed said workers need to know Saudi culture, social norms and values, and labor laws. “Lack of knowledge about the rules and regulation creates problems”, he said, noting the problems cause embarrassment for Saudi Arabia and the nation sending the workers.
Agencies recruiting workers to Saudi Arabia have allegedly cheated workers from Bangladesh that did not understand worker requirements and regulations. He offered his government’s resources to assist in the worker training program, providing a model that all nations importing skilled workers could follow.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia challenging organizations, companies, and nations to provide migrant workers with education about Saudi work laws. Although training on cultural customs and/or history is often provided the training does not extend into labor laws.Ahmed Abdulraham Al Mansour, Saudi Deputy Minister for Labour, issued the challenge to provide extended training at the Saudi-Bangladesh Joint Economic Commission, held during the first week of April, 2008.
Ahmed said workers need to know Saudi culture, social norms and values, and labor laws. “Lack of knowledge about the rules and regulation creates problems”, he said, noting the problems cause embarrassment for Saudi Arabia and the nation sending the workers.
Agencies recruiting workers to Saudi Arabia have allegedly cheated workers from Bangladesh that did not understand worker requirements and regulations. He offered his government’s resources to assist in the worker training program, providing a model that all nations importing skilled workers could follow.
Labels: Business, Culture_Clash, Regional
¶ 4/14/2008
