These Professions in Madinah will be Localized by June

Starting from June 2023, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) has said several professions in Madinah will be localized with a  40% to 100% percent.

The activities excluded from the localization in the restaurants and cafes fields are: Cafeterias; catering contractors; caterers; canteens and cafeterias in factories, offices, hospitals, schools, restaurants and cafes inside hotels, apartments and hotel villas.

Professions Under 40%

The 40% target will be applied to the workers in restaurants with service, banquet kitchens, fast food stores, juice shops in stand-alone or mixed-use buildings, complexes and closed commercial centers, in case there were 4 workers or more in one shift inside the place except the exceptional professions.

Professions Under 50%

The localized activities with 50% will include the workers who serve drinks in cafes, ice cream stores in stand-alone or mixed-use buildings, complexes and closed commercial centers, except the excluded professions in case there are 2 workers or more in one shift inside the place.

Localizing by 50% will also be applied on workers in the wholesale activity of food and beverages, except the excluded professions such as cleaning worker and freight and unloading worker. The percentage of workers must not exceed 20% in the sales outlet per shift.

In case there were less than 3 workers in one shift, then one more worker must be added in one of the excluded professions, while adhering to the uniform.

One profession under 100%

While localization percentage of the accounting fund employee will be 100%, except the excluded activities such as car maintenance; fuel filling; cylinder gas; all kinds of workshops; restaurants; cafes; in addition to the nurseries with the exception of sales outlets whose area is less than 300 square meters.

MHRSD has granted a 180-day correction period in the activities and professions targeted to be localized, starting from the date of 6/7/1444 AH, and the localization percentage will be applied on 12/20/1444 AH.

It is required that they be registered in the insurance for the establishment' account, or that they be in a documented flexible work contract, or hold a self-employment document in order to count the Saudis in the localization percentage.