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30 Jul 2016

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Arab News (Saudi Arabia)

Unpaid for 7 months, workers hold protest

Hundreds of protesting Saudi Oger employees, demanding unpaid wages from the company for over seven months, were dispersed by police. The employees caused traffic disruptions in northern Jeddah and shut down a gas station...the media director at the [Ministry of Labor and Social Development]...in...Makkah...said in a previous statement that the services of the company were suspended for violating the Wage Protection Law and that several visits were made to the company to finalize procedures related to payment of all employees and to end travel procedures for those with terminated contracts. He confirmed standard fines and penalties were slapped on the company for such violations.

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