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Labor and Social Insurance Law

Course Description: This course covers the legal foundations of labor law, explains its rules and methods for drafting employment contracts, and outlines the means for resolving labor disputes.

Credit hours: 3

Prerequisites: LAW 101

Objectives of the course :

The objective of this course is to introduce the student to the labor system and its scope of application, the formation of an employment contract (whether the worker is a national or a foreigner), and its effects on the employer and the worker, the termination of an employment contract, and methods for settling labor disputes. This course also aims to introduce the student to the social insurance system and the scope of application of its provisions, especially those related to work injuries, unemployment, old age, disability, and dismissal.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
1- To know the terms and concepts related to the rules governing labor law and social insurance according to the provisions of Islamic Sharia, the Saudi system, and theories.
2- To describe the fundamental principles related to social insurance and labor relations (employment contract, its effects, and termination).
Skills:
1- To analyze the legal texts related to employment contracts and social security.
2. Drafting contracts, lawsuits, and legal memos related to labor and social security dispute resolution.
To apply labor dispute resolution mechanisms in resolving labor disputes.
Values, autonomy and responsibility:
1. To adhere to Islamic values, professional ethics, and participate in constructive solutions to labor issues.
2. To be responsible in individual and collective work.
3- To exemplify good morals, self-confidence, understanding of others, and commitment to the values of loyalty and belonging to the country and its leadership.

Additional information:

Course Topics:
– Description of the Labor Law Course.
– Introduction to Labor Law and its position among other branches of law. .
– Sources and characteristics of labor law. .
Scope of application of labor law
– Definition of an individual employment contract, its parties, and its elements.
The role of the element of subordination in distinguishing between an employment contract and other contracts.
Element of wage, actual wage images and accessories:
The legal system for salary payment and its statutory protection.
– Concluding and proving an employment contract.
– Employment of disabled workers.
– Mediation in concluding an employment contract.
Freedom of Contract and Its Limitations.
- Conditions for the validity of concluding an employment contract - Proof of an employment contract.
Labor contracts with special regulations (vocational training and apprenticeship contract, probationary employment contract):
– Effects of the employment contract (Employer's obligations and Employee's obligations).
- Employer obligations imposed by labor law.
– Other employer obligations.
Employer's commitment to observing the legal regulation of working hours + Midterm exam.
– Sanctions for Employee's Breach of Obligations (Employer's Disciplinary Authority).
– Types of disciplinary penalties.
Guarantees regarding disciplinary sanctions and the extent of judicial review over the employer's disciplinary authority:
– Suspension of the employment contract and its reasons.
Termination of the employment contract.
Social Insurance System.

Last updated: 2026-05-17