The bulletin indicated that the ministry received about 7,670 requests for new recruitment (from abroad), of which 6,196 were approved and 1,474 were rejected, while the total number of requests for profession change reached about 3,328 requests, of which 3,279 were approved and only 49 were rejected. According to the bulletin, the number of requests for work permits submitted to the ministry during February 2022 was 1,869, including 969 requests to renew the permit, 678 requests to issue a new permit, 220 requests to cancel issued permits, and two requests to replace lost ones.
Regarding inspection visits to recruitment offices, the statistical bulletin showed that the ministry carried out about 66 inspection visits of recruitment offices, which resulted in the administrative closure of about 17 offices for breaking law.
In February 2022, the Labour Inspection Department conducted intensive inspection campaigns to monitor the extent to which establishments comply with the laws and ministerial decisions related to regulating the labour market in the country, with a total of 3,459 inspection visits, in various regions, which resulted in detecting 458 violations and the banning of 31 establishments.
According to the monthly statistical bulletin regarding labour dispute settlement committees, the number of cases referred to these committees during the past month amounted to about 369 cases, and the total number of decisions issued by labour dispute resolution committees reached about 332 cases, while the total decisions that are still pending amounted to about 488.
The statistical bulletin also showed that the Ministry of Labour received about 28,262 requests to change the employer, 9,273 requests were approved, while the number of rejected requests reached 10,461 requests, and 8,528 requests remained pending.
