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Under Saudi's labor law, companies employing 50 women or more must provide childcare facilities. (Shutterstock)

February 22nd, 2016 - 02:40 GMT

Saudi working women struggle with childcare solutions

Loopholes in labor laws mean that not all companies provide on-site childcare facilities, but alternative solutions are few and expensive.

Arab unemployment is due to cultural and social factors, as well as economic ones. (File photo)

August 30th, 2015 - 10:23 GMT

Why are 94,340 skilled Arabs unemployed by choice?

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January 22nd, 2015 - 05:40 GMT

Around 2.5 million expatriates in Saudi Arabia have little or no education at all

Saudis need to work on diversifying their economy into non-oil sectors in order to continue competing in the global economy in the future (File Archive/Shutterstock)

April 28th, 2014 - 01:00 GMT

Consider this: What Saudis need to address to remain economically competitive in the future

On the working hours, the survey said the average weekly working hours totaled 49.1 hours with the figure differing according to the vocation or economic activity.

March 3rd, 2014 - 03:55 GMT

What's keeping Saudi youth from working in the private sector? It's exactly what you think it is

Share of the oil sector to the Kingdom’s GDP dropped from 29.5 percent to 22.2 percent in the two periods, which is a good indication that the Saudi economy has been increasingly supported by the private and nonoil sectors.

September 24th, 2013 - 09:28 GMT

Say what? Saudi's GDP reached SR 2.66 trillion in 2012

Saudi nonoil exports

June 26th, 2013 - 06:16 GMT

Saudi nonoil exports reach $13bn

Inflation on the rise in Saudi Arabia

April 17th, 2013 - 08:23 GMT

Inflation rises in Saudi Arabia

Saudi non-oil exports to the GCC have almost halved

December 16th, 2012 - 10:30 GMT

GCC non-oil imports from Saudi down