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Saudi Arabia’s labor and employment framework continues to evolve through a series of changes. The combined effect of the changes is reshaping how employers engage, manage, and deploy talent across the Kingdom. This update provides an overview of changes in three areas: the Qiwa platform, Labor Law amendments, and workforce deployment and mobility initiatives, including Premium Residency and the Ajeer frameworks.

Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue we discuss:FRC Mythbuster: Auditor Responsibilities under Provision 29 of the UK Corporate Governance Code The FRC has published a ‘mythbuster’ clarifying the auditor’s responsibilities in respect of Provision 29 of the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024. The key message is that the auditor's role is more limited than might be assumed: auditors are not required to test or provide assurance on the material controls identified by the board, and UK auditing standards have not been extended in response to this new provision. EU MAR: New rules and how they now differ from UK MAR With effect from 5 June 2026, the EU Listing Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2809) made significant changes to the inside information disclosure regime under EU MAR. The UK has not adopted these reforms. Therefore, companies with securities admitted to trading on both an EU regulated market and a UK venue cannot rely on the more permissive EU framework to discharge their UK MAR obligations. Access to the register of members: the proper purpose test The Chartered Governance Institute (CGI) has published revised guidance on the proper purpose test under the Companies Act 2006. The decided cases make it clear that there is a strong presumption in favour of access to the register and the courts should exercise their discretion to issue a no-access order ‘sparingly and with circumspection’, particularly where requests come from shareholders seeking to engage with fellow members.