RIYADH — The Musaned domestic workers services platform announced on Monday that it is mandatory for business owners, who have four or more domestic workers, to transfer salaries to their digital wallets. The transfer must be made through the Domestic Workers Salaries icon in the approved digital wallets of domestic workers, effective from January 1, 2025. The Musaned platform, under the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD), recently instructed employers of domestic workers, who are coming to Saudi Arabia for the first time, to deposit salaries in their digital wallet effective from July 1, 2024. The salary shall be deposited through getting access to the Domestic Workers' Salaries icon within the approved digital wallets of new house workers. The new service also enables the transfer of an advance salary; advance payment of a portion of salary; and deduction or increase in the salary to the digital wallet of the workers. The advantages of transferring wages through electronic channels include reducing cash transactions, improving the work environment for domestic workers, and facilitating the process of paying domestic workers' salaries quickly, easily and reliably. The platform pointed out that the wage that the employer must adhere to is the wage agreed upon by both parties in the labor contract, and it shall be paid at the end of each Hijri month unless the two parties agree - in writing - otherwise, while complying with the regulations and instructions issued regarding wage protection. Regarding the possibility of transfer of salaries of domestic workers through banks when a bank account is available for domestic workers, the Musaned revealed that if the worker is within the category obligated to the Wage Protection Program, the transfer must be made through the approved channels, including bank accounts. However, if the worker is not within the obligated category, the employer can pay wages in cash or check. However, this shall be documented in writing or through the domestic worker's payroll card, unless the worker wishes to transfer it to a specific bank account.
