# Hiring in Saudi Arabia

Review edition — pending Theo Smith approval.

## What happens at exit?

For an indefinite contract with monthly wages, the employer must give at least sixty days’ notice; an employee resigning must give at least thirty days.

Applies to: Saudi indefinite monthly-paid employment; do not apply automatically to foreign workers on fixed terms

Still to establish: Contract type, grounds, indemnity, end-of-service benefit and final pay

- Contract type, grounds, indemnity, end-of-service benefit and final pay

Next step: Confirm Contract type, grounds, indemnity, end-of-service benefit and final pay.

- [Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development](https://www.hrsd.gov.sa/sites/default/files/2025-12/awareness-guide-on-the-rights-and-duties-of-employers-and-workers.pdf)

Checked 2026-09-28. Research status: partial.

## How do we switch EORs or move to our own entity?

HRSD provides a service for transferring non-Saudi employees between employers or establishments and lists a submitted contract as a requirement.

Applies to: Saudi service-transfer process; not a guarantee of eligibility, timing or EOR permissibility.

Still to establish: Qiwa eligibility, worker response, employer compliance, permits, fees and contract terms

- Classify the transaction under current local transfer/succession law.
- Determine consent, consultation, service, leave and historic-liability treatment.
- Confirm permits, payroll handover, provider termination and deposit recovery from actual documents.
- Qiwa eligibility, worker response, employer compliance, permits, fees and contract terms



- [www.hrsd.gov.sa](https://www.hrsd.gov.sa/ministry-services/services/نقل-خدمة-عامل-وافد)

Checked 2026-09-28. Research status: partial.