A total of 9,493 complaints were filed on the Ministry of Labor’s “Himaya” platform by the end of last October, according to a report issued by the Ministry’s inspection directorates and their departments.
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According to the report, inspection directorates at the Ministry of Labor conducted extensive inspection visits between January 1 and October 31, 2025, covering 26,071 establishments across various governorates of the Kingdom.
The Himaya platform receives labor complaints, child labor complaints, and complaints from domestic workers. The report also noted the implementation of 19 targeted inspection campaigns focused on specific economic sectors.
The report explained that 3,152 complaints out of 4,451 were resolved during the first ten months of this year, which included issuing 973 violations to establishments, while 326 labor complaints remain under processing.
Complaints related to “non-payment of wages” topped all labor complaints, recording 3,488 complaints during the first ten months of the year. This was followed by failure to provide an experience certificate with 606 complaints, then termination of employment for an open-ended, verbal, or non-existent contract with 556 complaints, followed by “objection to a legal action by the institution” with 541 complaints, and finally “suspension of the worker” with 481 complaints.
The Ministry did not receive any complaints this year under the categories of “forcing a worker to resign,” “reporting illegal foreign labor,” or “failure to provide end-of-service benefits/savings fund.”
Since the beginning of the year, the Ministry received 92 child labor–related complaints, of which 78 were resolved. Meanwhile, 154 child labor cases were recorded during inspection visits to 6,041 establishments.
The Ministry issued 37 warnings and 85 violations to employers for employing children since the beginning of the year. It clarified that the number of violations and warnings related to reducing child labor is included within the overall totals.
According to the report, 2,434 establishments were inspected in October, while July recorded the highest number of inspections during the year, ranking fourth overall, with 3,051 establishments. April recorded the lowest number, with 2,236 establishments.
The report recorded 5,429 violations since the beginning of the year, with January registering the highest number at 1,142 violations. Violations dropped significantly in October, which recorded only 271.
As for warnings, 7,291 were issued during the same period. November recorded the highest number of warnings at 966, compared to 362 in January, the lowest in the first quarter.
— Al-Mamlaka
