Saudi Arabia offers a large and growing market, but hiring there requires a clear employment structure from the outset. A foreign business must decide who will legally employ the worker, how the employment contract will be documented, whether the role is open to a non-Saudi national, and who will manage payroll, social insurance and government
Saudi Arabia’s labour market reforms continue to accelerate in 2026, and one of the most immediate changes HR teams are seeing is inside Qiwa—the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) platform used to manage private-sector employment services and job classifications. Recent reporting indicates that Qiwa has suspended or blocked “profession change” / job-title
As the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia moves into a new era of employment regulation, several significant amendments to the Saudi Labour Law are coming into force as early as today or tomorrow. These changes have been detailed on the SaudiHires amended labour law page, and they affect many aspects of the employer–employee relationship. In this
