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Is my sponsor (the recruiter) supposed to pay for my return flight?

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Sean2187

Hi everyone I have been here in Riyadh for 2 months and the job the recruiter advised me I would be doing is not the job I have been doing since I arrived. I have decided to leave as he has not offered any solution. I have not signed a Contract after requesting it numerous times. Long story short is my sponsor (the recruiter)  supposed to pay for my return flight or is he allowed to take my salary for this last month I have worked and use it to pay for my ticket? Any advice would be appreciated thank you. I am on a 90 day visa which states "not permitted to work" in my passport but I have worked everyday since I arrived. Please if anybody has any insight I would truly appreciate it.

Martin Fin

Sean
If you leave within the 3 month probation period you are expected to pay the home bound flight.

   PROBATIONARY PERIOD
• If the worker is subject to a probationary period, the employment contract will expressly state and clearly specify that the worker be under probation, so that it does not exceed ninety days. A written agreement between the worker and the employer may extend the probationary period, if it does not exceed one hundred and eighty days. Eid Al-Fitr, Eid Al- Adha and sick leave are not included in the probationary period. Each of the parties has the right to terminate the contract during this period unless the contract contains a text that gives one of them the right to terminate the contract.
• Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha holidays and sick leave are not included in the probationary period.
• A worker will not be employed under probation more than once by one employer. Excluded from hereto, by a written agreement between the parties of the contract, the worker may be subjected to another probationary period provided that:
To be in or another the worker’s relationship with the employer has another job work ended for a period of no less than six months
• If the contract expires during the Probationary period, both parties do not deserve compensation, and the worker does not deserve an end-of-service pay.

Sean2187

Thank you for your response.

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