Official text per PAM's consolidated English edition (2025). For guidance only; not legal advice.
The employer, who contracts for the execution of a government project or who employs his workers in remote areas, shall be obliged to provide them with a suitable accommodation and means of transportation to such remote areas free of charge. In the event where no accommodation is provided, the employer shall pay them an appropriate accommodation allowance. The Minister shall, by means of resolution, determine the areas that are distant from urban development, the conditions of suitable accommodation and the accommodation allowance. In all other events where he is required to provide accommodation for his workers, the employer shall be subject to the provisions of the resolution referred to in the preceding paragraph concerning the conditions of suitable accommodation and determining the accommodation allowance.
Source The English text is presented as the official January 2025 consolidated edition identified in the approved local source notes. The Arabic text is unofficial. This local snapshot was not independently verified against PAM by this directory.