JEDDAH:: Saudi Arabia will soon adopt a national anti-discrimination policy that bans all forms of discrimination, local media reported.
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in Saudi Arabia is working on a national anti-discrimination policy that bans all forms of discrimination, is the first of its kind in the Kingdom. "The policy is in the final phases of its formulation and it will be accorded approval shortly," the sources said.
The ministry also strives to prevent gender discrimination in the payment of monthly salaries or advertisements for jobs.
The concerned authorities in the Kingdom recently worked out a mechanism for reporting and inspection pertaining to practices of discrimination at workplaces.
The ministry had recently stressed that citizens have equal rights to work without any discrimination on the basis of gender or any other forms of discrimination, whether at the workplace or when hiring or advertising. The ministry's unequivocal clarification came in a response to a query via the ministry's Customer Care account on Twitter after a company published an advertisement for men-only jobs.
The ministry also seeks to regulate the employment market by issuing and updating rules that are related to the work environment in the public and private sectors, and that is in a way keeping pace with developments in the local labor market.
The state has also given the issue of racial discrimination the necessary consideration through the enactment of many regulations and legislation.
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