Hire in Saudi Arabia — GOSI, Iqama-ready, and end-of-service gratuity handled on one ledger.
No Saudi Arabian LLC setup, no CR (Commercial Registration) filings on your cap table. Bordero staffs a Saudi EOR entity, drafts a Saudi Labour Law contract, registers with GOSI, files end-of-service gratuity accrual, and handles the Iqama work-permit cycle.
Saudi labour law is anchored on the Saudi Labour Law and its implementing regulations: the Iqama (work/residence permit) cycle, GOSI (General Organisation for Social Insurance) registration, and the end-of-service gratuity (EOSG) under Art. 84. Statutory probation caps at 90 days (Art. 53); statutory notice sits at 30 days (Art. 75).
GOSI contributions differ by occupation category and Saudi / non-Saudi status; v1 uses a 9% simplified EE approximation, collapsed into the social tile. End-of-service gratuity accrues at ½ month per year for the first 5 years and 1 month per year thereafter — declared-not-computed in v1, surfaced as the entity-side standalone liability.
Median 24h from signed order form to country-specific contract in Saudi Arabia.
- the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- ½–1 mo
- SAR
Compliance snapshot
Saudi Arabia — what Bordero carries on the ledger.
The collapsed percentages are v1 demo approximations — declared on the payslip notice and replaced with cap- and bracket-aware math for non-trivial demographics before paying a hire. Talk to sales for a counsel-reviewed breakdown.
Contract & filings
What the country-specific contract covers.
A Saudi Arabia employment relationship is built on the governing law below. Bordero issues the contract, registers the entity, and handles the entity-side liabilities on the same ledger — your finance team reconciles once.
Governing law
- Saudi Labour Law contract aligned to Articles 17 (notice), 53 (probation 90-day cap), 75 (notice 30 days), 84 (EOSG), and 89 (annual leave mapping).
- GOSI registration: EE-side approximation 9% in v1 (Saudi vs non-Saudi rates and per-occupancy-category differences surfaced on the payslip notice).
- ER-side GOSI declared as the entity-side standalone liability (varies by Saudi / non-Saudi status and occupancy category).
- End-of-service gratuity (EOSG / EOSB) accrued: ½ month per year for the first 5 years, 1 month per year thereafter — declared-not-computed in v1; entity-side liability tracked on the contract.
- No personal income tax in Saudi Arabia through 2026 — withholding collapsed to 0% in v1; the payslip notice surfaces this (production employers should reconfirm the position before paying a hire).
Notice & probation
How termination runs in Saudi Arabia.
v1 collapses bracket-by-tenure terms into a flat default — the notice paragraph surfaces where production employers should review the bracket choice with counsel before any termination.
- Probation capped at 90 days under Saudi Labour Law Art. 53 — strict ceiling, no extension available after art. 53 elapses.
- Notice at 30 days under Saudi Labour Law Art. 75 — applies to both ER and EE; statutory minimum.
- End-of-service gratuity under Art. 84 accrued: ½ month per year for the first 5 years, 1 month per year thereafter, computed on the final wage and benefit base.
Hiring non-residents
Right-to-work and immigration for Saudi Arabia.
Non-Saudi hires route through the work-permit cycle before they touch payroll. The contract template holds the permit carve-out so a baseline IAM reshape never gates on a still-pending permit.
Iqama (work / residence permit) + GOSI-issued national ID mapped per hire; non-Saudi hires onboard only after Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development approves the work permit.
- Iqama (work / residence permit) issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development — only non-Saudi hires need the Iqama; Saudi nationals onboard via GOSI national ID alone.
- Work permit categories mapped per hire: expatriate professional, executive specialist, pilot / driver, domestic, etc.
- Sponsor (kafeel) chain held on the entity side for non-Saudi hires; right-to-work cleared on the active Iqama before baseline IAM reshaping.
Talk to sales
Saudi Arabia on one ledger.
Country in. Contract, payroll, and compliance on one ledger. We'll come back with the entity, the contract template, and the first payroll cycle within a business day.