Why is there restriction on minimum salaries for hiring foreign workers in professional and technical positions?
The Government to protects our nationals’ employment opportunities and prevent against employers from hiring foreign blue collars workers in the name of white collars (specialized or technical workers) Therefore, according to the law , employers are required to pay foreign white collar workers a minimum salary. According to paragraph 8 of “Qualifications and Reviewing Criteria for Foreigners Employed to Work under Section 1 to Section 6, Sub-Paragraph 1, Article 46 of Employment Service Act”, foreign workers who are employed in specialized and technical positions are not allowed to be paid below average salaries as published in the latest the monthly issue of Average Pays & Salaries for Industry and Service Business Professionals. The salary standard is the monthly average for domestic professionals (which amounts to 47,971 dollars currently), In other words, if employers hire foreign workers, their salaries should be paid according to the above standard.
