Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Binladin Group will pay delayed salaries to 10,000 of its workers by the end May, reported Okaz newspaper, citing the director of the branch of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development in Makkah Abdullah Al-Olayan.
The official state that the Binladin Group has completed the formalities to transfer residence permits of more than 15,000 workers allowing them to join other companies.
Total workers laid off by the Saudi group reached 69,000 workers, the newspaper said.
Although the Binladin Group has been reclassified as a construction company and the travel ban on its officials has been lifted, computer services continue to be blocked till all workers are paid their delayed salaries, stated Al-Olayan.
He revealed that the company is now able to renew workers' permits so that their bank accounts are not frozen and they can transfer their services elsewhere.
“Recruitment services, the issuance of work visas, change of professions and other services are still on hold,” he explained.
Olayan asked the staff demanding the payment of their delayed salaries to file complaints at the commission’s office on Hira Street in Al-Marwah district in Jeddah.
The Binladin Group has laid off 69,000 workers, of whom 34,207 have left them Kingdom after receiving their dues, while 15,834 workers have transferred their work permits to other companies and 7,754, who have been issued final exit visas, are still staying in the Kingdom, statistics show.
Firms wishing to employ the laid-off Binladin workers need to complete their work permit transfer procedures within 24 hours, Olayan said, calling upon construction companies to benefit from Binladin workers as they have sufficient expertise.
