Article 15

The employer is obligated to guarantee the rights of the domestic worker and fulfill their obligations toward them as follows:

 1- To bear the costs of recruiting the domestic worker, profession change fees, service transfer fees, residency fees, work permit fees and their renewal, and any fines resulting from the domestic employer’s actions. The employer shall also bear any fees or amounts required to enable the domestic worker to practice their profession.

 2- Not to retain the domestic worker’s passport, any of their personal documents, identification papers, or personal belongings.

 3- Not to physically or verbally abuse the domestic worker or engage in any violent act toward them.

 4- To refrain from any act toward the domestic worker that involves enslavement or discrimination based on color, gender, age, national origin, or any other form of discrimination, in accordance with the laws and ratified agreements in the Kingdom.

 5- To refrain from sexually harassing the domestic worker, whether verbally or physically.

 6- To refrain from any forced labor, servitude, or any other activity that falls under human trafficking, in accordance with the laws and ratified agreements in the Kingdom. 

7- To enable the domestic workers to communicate with their family, their country’s embassy, human resources companies, and the competent authorities. 

8- To provide suitable accommodation for the domestic worker or similar category within or outside the workplace, and to provide suitable food or a monetary allowance for it. The Minister, or their authorized representative, shall establish regulations regarding accommodation and monetary compensation for the domestic worker's food.

 9- Not to assign the domestic worker any dangerous work that threatens their health, physical safety, or human dignity. 

10- Not to recruit a domestic worker without having actual work available for them. 

11- Not to permit or assign the domestic worker to work for others, work for their own benefit, work in a different profession than the one specified in the domestic work contract and residence permit or rent out the domestic worker's services to others.