Ministry has no plans to cut Saudization in previous job types

Saudi Arabia is not planning to reduce the Saudization rate in the job categories, which were previously limited to nationals, including gold and jewelry shops, female clothing stores, telecommunications and car rental offices, Khalid Aba Al-Khail, spokesperson for the Ministry of Labor and Social Development, said on Thursday.

The Kingdom is considering to reduce Saudization rate at 12 retail job types to 70 percent from 100 percent, Argaam earlier reported.