New GCC rules for employers, Part 4 (KSA)

This next post in our GCC series looks at changes in Saudi law on discrimination, immigration and Saudization.… Continue Reading

New GCC rules for employers, Part 3 – revised KSA Personal Data Protection Law (KSA)

By Sarah Lawrence and Habib Saeed on March 23, 2023 Posted in Consultation, Data Protection, DSAR, General, Privacy, Training

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has issued legislation to regulate the collection and processing of personal data in the country (the PDPL). While the law was originally due to come into force on March 23 last year, the enforcement date has been postponed until March 17 of this year (as of the date of this … Continue Reading

New GCC rules for employers, Part 2 (UAE)

By Sarah Lawrence and Habib Saeed on March 17, 2023 Posted in Immigration, Personal data

This is the second in our series of GCC updates, focusing on new developments in UAE immigration, personal data and Emiratisation rules.… Continue Reading

New GCC rules for employers, Part 1 (UAE)

By Sarah Lawrence and Habib Saeed on March 14, 2023 Posted in Bullying, Contracts of Employment, Discrimination, Harassment

A number of changes were introduced across the Gulf Cooperation Council states during the course of 2022 (several of which have now been implemented, while some are due to take effect later in 2023). In this article, the first of a short series covering those changes, we provide a brief summary of the key employment … Continue Reading