Article 10 of Private Sector Labour Law

An employer is prohibited from employing foreign workers unless the competent authority has authorized them to work for him. The Minister shall issue a decision specifying the procedures, documents and fees that must be fulfilled, submitted and paid by the employer. In the event of refusal, the refusal decision must state its reasons. The amount of capital may not be the reason for refusal; otherwise, the decision shall be absolutely null and void and deemed never to have existed. An employer is prohibited from employing expatriate workers unless the Authority has authorized him to do so. The Minister shall issue a decision specifying the procedures, documents and fees that must be fulfilled, submitted and paid by the employer. In the event of refusal, the refusal decision must state its reasons. The amount of capital may not be the reason for refusal; otherwise, the decision shall be absolutely null and void and deemed never to have existed. An employer may not recruit workers from outside the country or employ workers from within the country and then deliberately fail to provide them with work in his employment, or be proven to have no actual need for them. The employer shall bear the expenses of the worker’s return to his country. If the worker ceases to attend work and takes up employment with another employer, the latter shall bear the expenses of the worker’s return to his country, after the original employer submits an absence report against the worker.