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They also plan to implement the new system in hiring workers from the first half of next year, economic magazine Maal reported last week.
For seven decades in Saudi Arabia, migrant workers had to be prohibited from having a specific employer. If the employer did not want to, he would not have the legitimacy to work anywhere else in Saudi Arabia.
According to the Reuters news agency, more than 100 million workers continue to work in the country under the Kafil system.
Due to the will of the employer, many people used to call this system undeclared “slavery”.
Several human rights groups have called on the Saudi authorities to change the controversial practice for a long time.
Riyadh is now considering eliminating the Kafil system by June next year, Mal said last week, citing unidentified sources.
This year, Saudi Arabia chairs the G20, an alliance of industrialized nations. In recent years, the hard-line conservative country has reduced its dependence on oil and turned to tourism, private sector development and attracting foreign workers.
In its continuation, a new type of contract is now being considered that would protect the interests of both employers and workers, rather than the sponsorship system, Mall said.
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development is expected to make an announcement in a few days, according to the report.
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