Service allowing the transfer of domestic laborers between employers via a government portal - Musaned platform has been launched

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has created a programme that allows domestic labourers to be transferred between employers via a government portal. The service, which is accessible via the Musaned platform, is part of the ministry's attempts to promote the Kingdom's domestic labour sector, enhance recruiting, protect employees' rights, regulate contractual agreements, and provide effective monitoring.

According to the government, the employer would bear the move's expense. Individual people would be able to move domestic labourers from one employer to another utilising easy and convenient computerised methods through the site. The procedure adheres to the norms, rules, and criteria established for recruiting. To finalise the transfer, all parties engaged in the contractual connection, the first employer, the domestic worker, and the new employer, must agree.

Payment will be made via secure electronic channels on the platform, in accordance with the ministry's tariffs. The rights of both the employer and the domestic worker would be respected during the transfer, according to the government. A contract detailing the length of work will be provided, along with stipulations protecting both parties' rights. The contract must be authorised by both parties.

Osama Ghanem Al-Obaidy, consultant and professor of law at Riyadh's Institute of Public Administration, praised the effort, saying it will boost domestic worker recruiting in the Kingdom and aid in resolving complaints and grievances.

The Musaned platform is one of the ministry's attempts to increase domestic labour recruiting in the Kingdom. The platform will offer the second phase of a service recording domestic worker contracts in the Kingdom in November 2022. The first part of the service was introduced outside of Saudi Arabia, with the goal of attracting domestic employees to work in the Kingdom. The second part of the service offered private employment contracts through the Musaned platform for domestic employees who did not have legitimate and verifiable employment contracts.