Saudi Labour Law articles by number

Article 74 of the Saudi Labour Law: when an employment contract ends

Article 74 lists every ground on which an employment contract ends. The 1446H amendment added resignation and bankruptcy rulings. Because the ground determines the money, it is the article to settle first.

Article 77 of the Saudi Labour Law: compensation for unlawful termination

Article 77 fixes compensation at a known figure rather than leaving it to discretion: fifteen days' wage per year of service on an indefinite contract, or the wage for the remaining term on a fixed one, never below two months' wage.

Article 80 of the Saudi Labour Law: nine cases for dismissal without gratuity

Article 80 is a narrow exception to the protection of workers: nine defined cases allow termination without gratuity, notice or compensation, subject to one procedural condition that never falls away, namely giving the worker the chance to object.

Article 81 of the Saudi Labour Law: leaving the job with full entitlements

Article 81 mirrors Article 80: seven cases in which the worker may leave without notice and lose nothing, including where 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 per year for the first five years, a full month per year thereafter, on the final wage, with part years paid in proportion to service.

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 after ten years.

Article 107 of the Saudi Labour Law: how overtime pay is calculated

Article 107 requires the employer to pay the hourly wage plus fifty percent of the basic wage for each overtime hour, and the 1446H amendment added compensatory paid leave as an option where the worker agrees.

Article 109 of the Saudi Labour Law: annual leave and the thirty-day threshold

Article 109 grants at least twenty-one days of annual leave a year, rising to at least thirty after five consecutive years with the same employer, paid in advance, with no waiver and no cash substitute during service.

Article 111 of the Saudi Labour Law: payment for leave never taken

Article 111 turns a remaining leave balance into money due on leaving work, and grants leave pay for parts of a year in proportion to the period served, so a full year is not required to be owed something.

Article 155 of the Saudi Labour Law: no dismissal during pregnancy or maternity leave

As amended in 1440H, Article 155 bars dismissing a female worker or serving notice of dismissal during pregnancy or maternity leave, and extends the protection to illness arising from either, certified medically and capped at 180 days a year.