نظام الافراد العسكريين الجديد 1442 السعودية

The new military personnel system Saudi 1442 is one of the important regulations that the Saudi government is working on to improve the job conditions of personnel working in the military sectors at various ranks and grades, in order to achieve the strategic goals targeted by the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 related to legislative reforms carried out by the Saudi government at various levels. In the military and civil systems regulating all aspects of life in the Kingdom.

The new military personnel system 1442 Saudi Arabia

The Military Personnel Service System is one of the important systems in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is concerned with regulating all provisions regulating the work of individuals in the military sectors in Saudi Arabia, whether sectors affiliated with the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Defense, the National Guard, the Presidency of State Security or other military sectors In the Kingdom, where the system regulates the provisions of the work of individuals, starting with the conditions required for appointment to military jobs, and ending with the end of a military individual’s service for any of the reasons that lead to the termination of his service, and the law also regulates the provisions relating to the duties and prohibitions that a military individual is bound by throughout the duration of his military service. And after its completion, it also regulates the methods and controls of promotion, salaries, incentives, bonuses, bonuses, allowances, provisions for movement, secondment, delegation and scholarship abroad, and the leaves due to a military person during his tenure, as well as penalties for violating any of the provisions of the system. [1]

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Conditions for promotions in the personnel system 1442

Saudi Arabia’s new Military Personnel Regulation 1442 sets the conditions required for promotion from the lowest rank to the rank immediately following it. Promotion decisions are issued by the competent minister, with the exception of the chief sergeant, who is promoted to lieutenant after the decision of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces after the recommendation of the competent minister. To promote individuals, the following conditions must be met:

• The time limit for promotion has passed, which is:
  • From soldier to soldier first two years at least.
  • From first soldier to corporal at least two years.
  • From sergeant to sergeant’s agent, at least three years.
  • From under sergeant to sergeant for at least three years.
  • From sergeant to first sergeant for at least four years.
  • From first sergeant to chief sergeant for at least five years.
  • From chief sergeant to lieutenant for at least five years.
• Pass the upgrade test.
• Obtain the required academic qualification.
• Success in passing the mandatory courses
• Obtaining the recommendation of the commander of the unit to which he belongs for promotion.
• The presence of vacant places in the formations for the rank to which he will be promoted, and to be suitable for the specialization in which he works.

Decision to amend the new officers and personnel system 1442

Salaries and bonuses in the military personnel system

The provisions for salaries and bonuses in the military personnel system are regulated in Chapter Four of the new Military Personnel Law 1442 Saudi Arabia. The most important provisions related to salaries for military personnel are as follows:

• The value of salaries is determined based on the salary scale attached to the system, and it includes the individual’s basic salary and periodic bonuses.
• Upon promotion, the individual is given the salary of the first grade of the rank to which he was promoted. If his salary upon promotion is equal to or greater than the salary of this grade, he shall be granted the salary of the first grade greater than his salary.
• In the event of arrest or imprisonment for the purposes of investigation or trial, the individual is given only half of his salary. If he is not found guilty or has been convicted of any penalty other than expulsion, what has been deducted from his salary will be returned to him.
• In the event of captivity, the individual’s salary is paid in full to his family, until the end of his period.
• The military individual receives a periodic bonus every year according to the salary scale, and is also transferred from the rank he occupies to the rank immediately following it in the same rank.
• Transfer from one rank to the next for the same rank takes place on the first of Muharram every year.
• Technical personnel are entitled to a technical bonus according to the schedule of technical bonuses.
• An individual working in remote areas is given a special allowance.
• An individual is entitled to the allowances stipulated by the system in cases of leave and delegation, as well as placement, delegation and scholarship, if he exercises in these transfers the same specialization that he performs in his basic work.
• The individual is entitled to a monthly transportation allowance.
• Workers in the field are entitled to a field journal decided by the Ministry.
• Workers in military attachés or the like abroad are entitled to an employment allowance.

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Leaves for military personnel in Saudi Arabia

Chapter Twelfth of the new Military Personnel Law 1442 in Saudi Arabia, in Articles 6 to 53 bis II, regulates the leaves that an individual is entitled to during his military service, and these leaves are:

• Annual leave, and a number of provisions are related to it, the most important of which are:
  • The annual leave period is 30 days.
  • An individual is entitled to annual leave after 11 months of appointment.
  • Annual leave may be combined to be enjoyed once, provided that it does not exceed 60 days.
  • Annual leave can be enjoyed in periods or on a single period.
  • The Minister has the right to issue a decision to extend annual leaves, provided that the extension does not exceed 15 days.
  • The employer may postpone the individual’s benefit from the annual leave according to work requirements.
• Field leave: for individuals working in the field or remote places, and its combined period shall not exceed 45 days per year, and shall not be less than 15 days. An individual is not entitled to combine field and annual leave.
• Occasional leave: Its duration should not exceed ten days during one year and it shall fall at the end of the Hijri year.
• Exceptional leave: It is granted to the individual at his request, whether inside or outside the Kingdom, and its duration does not exceed 4 months throughout the individual’s service period, without monthly entitlements, and it is obtained only after the exhaustion of his annual leaves.
• Sick leave: Its duration is within years as follows:
  • Three months with actual salary.
  • Three months at half the actual salary.
  • Three months at a quarter of the actual salary.
  • Six months without pay.
• Study Examination Leave: It is as long as the period required to perform the academic examinations, provided that proof of admission to the examination and the duration of the examinations are submitted.
• Study escort leave: This leave is for those who wish to accompany their spouse on scholarship to study abroad or any of their legal dependents.

Paragraph C of Article 25, Personnel Service

Reasons for termination of service for military personnel

Article 56 and its amendments of the new Saudi Military Personnel Law 1442 stipulate the reasons that lead to the termination of the service of an individual who is enrolled in any of the military sectors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and subject to the system, and these reasons are as follows:

• In the case of dispensing with the services of the individual according to the requirements of the work.
• When referring to retirement, whether early retirement or reaching the age.
• Expulsion from service based on a military decision issued by the competent authority.
• Military service for an individual ends when he loses his Saudi nationality.
• Upon natural death or martyrdom.
• If the individual stops working without an excuse for seven consecutive days or thirty separate days during the year preceding the issuance of the decision, or if the leave exceeds thirty days.
• If he has been sentenced to a Sharia punishment or imprisonment in an offense for a period exceeding one year, or has been convicted of a crime related to honor and honesty after a military decision is issued.
• If the individual is lost during a battle, and 6 months have passed since the date of his loss, if his life is not known from his death, during this period his financial allocations continue to be paid to his family, after which he is considered a martyr according to the military retirement system.
• If the individual becomes medically unfit for military service.
• If it is proven that he is medically incapable of performing the work.
• In the event that a request to terminate the service is submitted to his direct reference and approval of the request.

Duties of military personnel in the personnel service system

The new Military Personnel Law 1442 in Saudi Arabia imposes a number of duties and obligations that an individual who joins any of the military sectors subject to the system must abide by. These duties came as stipulated in Article 59 of the system as follows:

• The military individual is committed to full loyalty to the king and to the preservation of the interests of the homeland and the military sector.
• The individual must work without any kind of negligence to implement the applicable laws and regulations and avoid committing any violation or breach of these systems and rules.
• The individual is obligated to perform the responsibilities assigned to him with accuracy, honesty, sincerity and activity, and to work to finish the work required of him in the least possible time, and to be committed during the work time to perform the job duties and the duties assigned to him in all accuracy and integrity.
• The military individual must abide by the military orders and instructions issued to him by his superiors whenever those orders, decisions and instructions are not in disobedience to God.
• The individual is obligated to observe the etiquette of decency and good manners in dealing with superiors, colleagues, subordinates and members of the Saudi people.
• He must preserve the honor of the military at all times and places, and he must refrain from all acts that violate the honor and dignity of the job.
• The military individual is obligated to maintain military disciplines, good conduct and decency, and to set an example for others in these matters.

Military annual adjustment 1442

Prohibitions on Military Personnel with Personnel Service System

Saudi Arabia’s new Military Personnel Law 1442 sets a number of prohibitions that a military person must avoid during his service in the military sectors in the Kingdom. order, came as follows:

• Marriage of a military person to a non-Saudi woman is prohibited.
• It is prohibited for a military person to engage in any political activity by any means, and the prohibition includes:
  • Expressing political opinions.
  • Contribute to any organization or group with a political overtone.
  • Attend any meeting of a political nature.
• A military individual is prohibited from engaging in business for the duration of his service, whether directly or indirectly, and whether or not he is paid for the business.
• A military individual is prohibited from keeping for himself any of the official papers that he sees in the nature of his work, except for papers that belong to him personally, unless they are confidential.
• An individual shall refrain from disclosing to anyone other than his superiors or their representatives any military information, or information that came to his knowledge due to the nature of his work, and he must remain secretive about such information even after the end of his military service.
• A military individual is prohibited from serving in the foreign armed forces after the end of his service period, unless he obtains a permit from the Minister of Defense.
• A military individual is prohibited from participating in the establishment of institutions or companies, or accepting membership in their boards of directors, or working in them.
• A military individual is prohibited from directing criticism or blame at the government in any form of media, whether internal or external.
• It is prohibited to accept any kind of gifts, gratuities or grants, whether they are given directly or indirectly in order to affect his official work.

Modification of the military salary scale 1442

And here, we have come to the conclusion of the article; Through it, we got acquainted with the new Military Personnel Law 1442 Saudi Arabia and the most important provisions included in the system for individuals who are enrolled in any of the jobs that follow the sectors subject to this system, and we also learned about the duties and obligations of military personnel based on this system.