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14 Aug 2013

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Trade Arabia (Saudi Arabia)

Saudi to toughen women employment stance

Saudi Arabia’s Labour Ministry plans to toughen its stance against businesses that violate the rule of employing Saudi women at lingerie shops...“Employment of women at these shops is mandatory and we’ll not show any leniency toward violators,” Fahd Al-Takhify, assistant undersecretary at the ministry, was quoted as saying in the Arab News report. [He] said violators would face punishment designated for Nitaqat’s red category firms, adding that they would not receive any service from the ministry;"..." [and] “We’ll also impose fines on the violators”.