Release Date:	1447-03-10
Issuance Instrument Number:	196
Validity:	Valid
Date of last amendment:	1447-03-10
Summary:	By AI Rules for Determining the Boarding Classes of Employees and Workers in Public Agencies, whether Civilian or Military, are statutes aimed at regulating the use of transportation at the state's expense when they are assigned official tasks domestically or abroad. These rules specify the entitled class for each category according to the job rank, military rank, or nature of the mission, to ensure fairness and consistency among various sectors.
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First

The following two terms - wherever they appear in these rules - shall have the meanings explained opposite them:

1- The Public Authority: Every authority established by the State - represented by any of its three branches - and any authority that may be established in the future, including government authorities and authorities with public legal personality, whether their budget is within the State budget or outside it, excluding authorities covered by the two sectors (private and non-profit) as they are considered non-public authorities.

2- Employee and Worker: Every person working - whether civilian or military - for the public authority, whether subject to theCivil Service Law, or military service laws, or theLabor Laws and Social Insurance.

Secondly

The travel classes for employees and workers in public agencies shall be as follows:

1- Economy class - or its equivalent - for employees of grade (eleven) and below on the general employee scale, and the equivalent for others among employees and workers on other job scales.

2- Business class - or its equivalent - for employees of grades (fourteen), (thirteen), and (twelve) on the general employee scale, and the equivalent for others among employees and workers on other job scales. If this class is not available, the provisions of paragraph (1) of this clause shall apply to them.

3- First class - or its equivalent - for employees of grade (fifteen) and above on the general employee scale, and the equivalent for others among employees and workers on other job scales. If this class is not available, the provisions of paragraph (2) of this clause shall apply to them.

Thirdly

Previous Amendments

Exception to clause (Second) of these rules:
- 1- The boarding for the employee or worker assigned to a rank other than his own shall be at the boarding class designated for the assigned rank.
- 2- The senior official in the public agency may board the employee or worker representing the Kingdom in an official delegation or accompanying an official delegation at a boarding class higher than the class designated for him.

Fourth

A committee shall be formed within the Ministry of Finance consisting of representatives from: the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, the General Authority of Civil Aviation, the Transport General Authority, the National Center for Government Resource Systems, and the General Secretariat of the Military Service Council; tasked with the following:

1- Issuing the necessary regulations and detailed mechanisms for the transportation of employees and workers in public agencies, including the equivalence of transportation grades and matters related to determining the priority means of transportation in cases where more than one means of transportation is available for transport.

2- Deciding on the resolution of any case or issue arising from the application of these rules.

Fifth

These regulations replace the Council of Ministers' resolutions: No. (94) dated 17/3/1437 AH, andNo. (515) dated 21/9/1439 AH.

Rules for Determining the Boarding Grades of Employees and Workers in Public Agencies, Both Civilian and Military