More than 71% expats in Government depts lose jobs

According to decision of the Council of Ministers, the agreements of over 71% expats working in government jobs have been terminated, reported saudigazette. 

The Ministry of Civil Service will discover qualified Saudis to fill vacancies created by the termination of agreements of expat workers.

As indicated by statistics of the Ministry of Civil Service, the education and health sectors are still attracting expat workers.

Somewhere in the range of 91% of expat workers in government jobs are employed in the education and health sectors.

There were around 60,000 expatriates working in public sector a year ago, as indicated by a measurable report by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA). 

The aggregate number of government workers — Saudis and non-Saudis — was 1.23 million with a drop of around 0.8 percent over their number in the earlier year, accotrding to report.

It said the quantity of the Saudi women holding government jobs expanded by around 0.4 percent to achieve 476,000 contrasted with 697,000 men whose number decreased by around 0.95 percent compared with 2016.

SAMA said Saudis constituted 95.1 percent of government employees while male expatriates were 4.9 percent reaching 29,600 with a decrease of about 12.7 percent over their number the previous year. The report said non-Saudi women workers were 30,800 with a decrease of about 7.3 percent over their number in 2016.

There were 474,153 Saudi women government employees in 2016 whose number went up slightly in 2017 to reach 476,347.