Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development is the entity responsible for regulating social and labor policies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Its aim is to enhance the labor market, improve the quality of life for citizens, and create a conducive environment for them.

The ministry was initially composed of two separate ministries, which were merged and renamed by Royal Order No. A/455 on February 25, 2020, ordering the incorporation of the Ministry of Civil Service into the Ministry of Labor and Social Development and changing the ministry’s name to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development was established by a Royal Decree issued in May 1960 under the name of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. Since its inception, the ministry has been responsible for the development of local communities, focusing on local committees, provincial councils, centers, and villages. It has also taken care of youth, families, and cooperative associations, drawn up public policies for social and labor affairs in the Kingdom, planned and executed projects, and contributed to guiding balanced social development in the Kingdom to raise awareness among citizens.

In 2005, Council of Ministers Resolution No. (27) was issued, ordering the separation of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs into two independent ministries, the first named the Ministry of Labor and the second the Ministry of Social Affairs. Then, in 2016, Royal Order No. (A/133) was issued, mandating the merger of the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Social Affairs into a single ministry named the Ministry of Labor and Social Development.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development conducts its operations from its main headquarters in the capital, Riyadh. The ministry is headed by a minister appointed by a Royal Order, who is the principal official responsible for the ministry and a member of the Council of Ministers. His position includes chairing several boards of directors, the most prominent of which are the Human Resources Development Fund (Hadaf), the Family Affairs Council, the National Center for Non-Profit Sector, and the Social Development Bank.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Human Development works to empower the individual, society, and institutions, enhance societal responsibility, and elevate the labor market through the development of policies and legislation, by supporting a harmonious labor market, improving the productivity and performance of the workforce, ensuring benefit and social justice for all members of society, achieving an optimal level of customer experience and enhancing mental image, increasing the efficiency of spending on the workforce in the public sector, ensuring effective and comprehensive social care and protection services, raising the level of compliance in the labor market, supporting labor market reforms and their implementation, increasing participation and empowering and inclusiveness of the workforce, providing sustainable social development services, and achieving strategic transformation and transitioning to the regulatory and supervisory role.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development provides its electronic services to four main sectors: the social development sector, the labor sector, the civil service sector, and the shared services sector, through its official website, hrsd.gov.sa.

The ministry also provides its services through its platforms and programs, which include the Flexible Work Platform (Mrn), the Freelance Work Platform, the Telework Platform, the Musaned Platform for domestic workers, the Mowaamah Platform, the Qiwa Platform, the Ajeer Platform, the Self-Assessment Platform, the Citizen Account Program, the Social Support and Protection Platform (Social Security), the National Volunteer Work Platform, the National Donations Platform, the National Rehabilitation and Social Guidance Platform, the e-Services Portal for the Development sector, the e-Services Portal for the Labor sector, the e-Services Portal for non-profit entities, and the Masar Platform.