Musaned Platform

Oct. 19, 2024

Recently, Saudi Arabia platform called Musaned to ensure wage protection, human rights of expat workers.

About Musaned Platform:

  • It is a digital platform launched by Saudi
  • Under this platform foreign workers in the domestic (household) work sector can check the existing employment contracts and follow updates in a dedicated Musaned labour app.
  • Features
  • This system allows foreign embassies to have “view access” on the system on “all the details related to their citizens working in Saudi (employer name, location, endorsed contract.”).
  • It allows the foreign missions a “view access” aimed at resolving labour disputes more efficiently.
  • It will benefit at least 10 African countries like Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Egypt and Kenya as well as nine Asian countries such as India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, Philippines and Sri Lanka.
  • It can be linked with contract insurance and health benefits.
  • This platform would protect human rights and provide a “stable working environment” for both the employee as well as the employers.
  • The most important feature of this platform is that it provides a “wage protection system” by following the employers’ obligations to pay the monthly wages for the workers.
  • The digital platform can track financial transactions between the employers and the foreign workers, thereby ensuring the employers will fulfill the contractual obligations towards the foreign workers.