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  Look who’s complaining»

Saudi authorities are mulling a ban on housemaids from certain Asian countries, claiming they are indifferent to the local culture and have been involved in ‘child murders and incidents of violence’. Meanwhile, the number of maids being abused in the Kingdom is growing at an alarming rate.

January 26, 2010

Saudi’s idle citizens»
The Kingdom is aggressively trying to promote education in a bid to limit rising levels of unemployment.

January 21, 2010

Vacation time»
Bahrain has just approved a proposal to increase the annual leave for private sector employees by a week. Predictably, businessmen and employers are annoyed.

January 14, 2010

The mystery of the missing masses»
Officials say the UAE did not witness a mass exodus because of the global financial crisis. But what about all those people who lost their jobs?

January 4, 2010

Money, Money, Money»
The UAE government has announced that all Emirati federal government employees will see a 70 percent increase of their basic salaries.

December 21, 2009


India trying to bridge the Gulf»
The Indian government has been trying to persuade Gulf countries to set minimum wages for its workers in the GCC, but it has been unsuccessful so far.

December 14, 2009


The job cuts were deep»
10 percent of the GCC’s professional workforce was made redundant between August 2008 and August 2009. The percentage is higher in the UAE.

December 8, 2009


Not your average brain drain»
The Arab World continues to suffer from staggering unemployment rates. Are regional governments doing enough to curb the region’s brain drain?

December 8, 2009

Help for less»
The UAE Ministry of Labor has reduced the deposit expatriates pay to bring in domestic help to AED2,000.

November 19, 2009

Show me the money»
61 percent of professionals in the GCC foresee a pay raise in 2010.

November 17, 2009

Paid at last»
Workers in Dubai have received AED15 million in unpaid wages extending as far back as February 2009. Will the measure help Dubai improve its reputation worldwide?

October 11, 2009

Kuwait may soon abolish sponsorship system»
Expatriates running their own businesses in the country will not need a sponsor anymore.

October 7, 2009

Kuwait’s unions unifying»
One of the main trade unions in the country is planning to regulate the activities of all the unions in Kuwait, as some of them are illegal.

September 22, 2009

We want to go home»
Thousands of illegal expatriate workers in Saudi Arabia are desperate to get deported to their home countries.

September 3, 2009

Kuwait to regulate domestic workers»
The country is planning new rules to protect the rights of sponsors and to help prevent visa trading among domestic workers.

August 12, 2009

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