{"id":81991,"date":"2024-01-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/01\/17\/lower-recruitment-fees-for-some-domestic-workers\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T00:00:00","slug":"lower-recruitment-fees-for-some-domestic-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/01\/17\/lower-recruitment-fees-for-some-domestic-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower recruitment fees for some domestic workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>The Human Resources and Social Development Ministry slashed the ceiling on recruitment fees for domestic helpers<\/strong>from several countries in a bid to ensure \u201cfairness in recruitment costs,\u201d it said in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrsd.gov.sa\/media-center\/news\/150120241\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Here are the new ceilings on hiring fees:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Philippines: <\/strong>SAR 14.7k, down from SAR 15.9k;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sri Lanka:<\/strong> SAR 13.8k, down from SAR 15k;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bangladesh:<\/strong> SAR 11.75k, down from SAR 13k;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kenya: <\/strong>SAR 9k, down from SAR 10.87k;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Uganda:<\/strong> SAR 8.3k, down from SAR 9.5k;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ethiopia:<\/strong> SAR 5.9k, down from SAR 6.9k.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Not the first time we\u2019re hearing of this: <\/strong>The ministry had previously ordered licensed recruitment firms and offices to determine a maximum price ceiling paid by families for domestic workers from several nationalities. 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