The Firm Expertise in Human Resources
1. The project for preparing a code for compiling guiding decisions and principles governing the resolution of labor disputes was developed by the supreme labor tribunals for settling labor disputes for the years (1428 – 1435H). This has given the Firm an edge in comparison with its peer firms. In a sense, The Firm has contributed to compiling these guiding decisions and principles, which reflect judicial trends in set- tling labor disputes in Saudi Arabia;
2. The project for training new members of labor tribunals for settling labor disputes and how to apply the guiding decisions and principles to settle labor disputes;
3. The project for training members of labor tribunals for settling labor disputes and how to use classification principles and infer and deduce new principles with respect to future disputes;
4. Preparing a comparative legal study regarding behavioral protection principles in the work environment. The Human Resources Develop- ment Fund commissioned the study to benefit the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development.
5. The project for developing bylaws and legal procedures with respect to amicable settlement;
6. Provision of consultation and legal studies to the office of His Highness the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development in relation to regulating the job market;
7. The project for formulating the legal framework for the Center for La- bor Arbitration and preparing a regulation for the procedural opera- tion of the said center.
In addition, The Firm provides the following legal services with respect to labor matters:
Reviewing, amending, and drafting labor legal documents such as employment agreements, internal policies and procedures, tem- plates for warning letters, investigation minutes, and other similar documents. The objective is to ensure that respective legal docu- ments conform to the legal requirements provided for under the La- bor Law and the principles set by the labor tribunals
2. Developing basic evidential procedures for labor relationships show- ing the proper legal mechanism for dealing with all labor matters. This starts from making offer letters up to concluding employments agreements covering as well the daily issues such as (failure to turn up to work, absence from work , transfer of employees from one place to another, sickness, professional incompetence, disciplinary penalties and conditions for penalization with respect to each penal- ty, investigation, and disciplinary procedure, notification procedures, And the provisions for transferring an employee (job transfer and spatial transfer), The mechanism for calculating the employee’s financial entitlements and determining the financial elements that are included in the calculation of the end-of-service bonus. The correct way to calculate regular appointments, and fi- nally, proper termination of employment agreements.
3. Providing legal advice with respect to new labor matters and sug- gesting recommendations for developing the work environment.
4. Representing clients before all types of employment tribunals.