The National Recruitment Committee (NRC) at the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce has completed its studies of insurance contracts to consider ratifying terms to protect the rights of domestic workers and their employers. Head of the NRC Sa'ad Al-Baddah told Okaz newspaper that the proposed insurance contract with a validity period of two years would provide cover for unpaid salaries, medical fees, and “diya” blood money in the event of death, as well as compensation for the employer should a housemaid or driver choose not to continue in their work or abandon their work and leave without warning. Insurance companies, according to the contract, will provide the cover for SR700, paid as part of recruitment fees. Hiring the services of female domestic workers by the hour or the day is illegal, Al-Baddah noted, warning that persons or companies found in breach will be subject to fines or prison. Al-Baddah advised that labor dispute courts be set up to hear differences between employers and domestic workers, and warned against using the services of unlicensed “phantom” offices that claim to offer a variety of “non
