Statutory reference
Saudi Labour Lawarticles by number
The articles people most often look up by number. Each page gives the current text after amendments and explains how the article applies. It also lists the common mistakes and what an employer needs to set up to get it right.
- The operative text of each article
- Explanatory guidance, not advice
Chapters
Articles under their chapters
Every page cites the text published by the Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers, together with the amending decree and its date. The pages are explanatory guidance, not legal advice.
Termination of the contract
Article 74 of the Saudi Labour Law: when an employment contract ends
Article 74 lists every ground on which an employment contract ends, including resignation and bankruptcy rulings, both added in 1446H. The ground decides what the employee is owed, so settle it first.
Article 77 of the Saudi Labour Law: compensation for unlawful termination
Article 77 sets a fixed formula for compensation: fifteen days' wage per year of service on an indefinite contract, or the wage for the remaining term on a fixed one, and never less than two months' wage.
Article 80 of the Saudi Labour Law: nine cases for dismissal without gratuity
Article 80 is a narrow exception to employee protection. It lists nine cases that allow termination without gratuity, notice or compensation. In every case, the employee must first be given the chance to object.
Article 81 of the Saudi Labour Law: leaving the job with full entitlements
Article 81 is the employee's counterpart to Article 80. It lists seven cases in which an employee can leave without notice and lose nothing, including when the employer's conduct pushed them into appearing to end the contract themselves.
Article 84 of the Saudi Labour Law: how end-of-service pay is calculated
Article 84 sets the gratuity formula: half a month's wage for each of the first five years and a full month for each year after that. It uses the final wage, and part years are paid pro rata.
Article 85 of the Saudi Labour Law: what a resigning worker is owed
Article 85 reduces end-of-service pay on resignation according to length of service: nothing before two years, then a third, then two thirds, then the full amount at ten years or more.
Leave
Article 109 of the Saudi Labour Law: annual leave and the thirty-day threshold
Article 109 gives at least twenty-one days of annual leave a year, rising to at least thirty after five consecutive years with the same employer. Leave is paid in advance, and it cannot be waived or exchanged for cash during service.
Article 111 of the Saudi Labour Law: payment for leave never taken
Under Article 111, unused leave becomes money owed when an employee leaves. Leave pay is also due for part of a year, in proportion to the time served, so a full year of service is not required.
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