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How will emiratization succeed?

By Aarti Nagraj • Feb 12th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Special report

The UAE government is struggling to encourage more Emiratis to work in the private sector. But they will first have to change the educational and labor conditions in the country, say analysts.

GCC corporations expect rise in revenues and staff

By Kipp • Dec 22nd, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News

Corporations in the GCC are forecasting a growth in revenues and an increase in staff in 2010…

The job cuts were deep

By Dana El Baltaji • Dec 8th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Labor, Regional

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

To bail out Kuwaitis, or not?

By Tania Tabar • Nov 18th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Economy, Finance, Kuwait, Regional

The debt debate rages on in Kuwait.

One card to rule them all

By Dana El Baltaji • Oct 13th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Nation, society

In an effort to reduce the bureaucratic heartache, the UAE’s Ministry of Interior will merge labor cards, residency permits and the national ID into one card starting from July 2010.

Paid at last

By Dana El Baltaji • Oct 11th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Labor, Nation

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?

100,000 UAE workers get salaries through wage protection scheme

By Kipp • Sep 29th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News, Nation

The UAE Ministry of Labor has said that…

Kuwait’s unions unifying

By Kipp • Sep 22nd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Kuwait, Labor, The Work

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.

Official group to monitor labor accommodation in the UAE

By Kipp • Sep 6th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News, Nation

The UAE’s Labor Ministry has set up a…

UAE laborers not covered for heat-related illnesses

By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 25th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News, Nation

The UAE's Ministry of Labor's Workmen's Compensation Insurance provided to laborers does not cover heat-related illnesses...

Expats in Kuwait treated unfairly

By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 21st, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Kuwait, Labor, Regional

The Kuwait Human Rights Society (KHRS) claims expatriates who unwittingly registered with bogus companies in Kuwait are being treated unfairly.

90 companies fined for violating midday ban

By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 14th, 2009 • Category: Labor, Middle East Business News, Nation

The Ministry of Labor fined 90 companies for failing to abide by the UAE's midday work ban...

Where have all the jobs gone?

By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 13th, 2009 • Category: Abu Dhabi, Cover Story, Dubai, Labor, Nation, Regional, Saudi Arabia

Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, that's where. Job vacancies in Dubai have fallen 13 percent since 2008. The UAE labor minister predicted this would happen.

Will there be an exodus from Dubai?

By Aarti Nagraj • Jun 18th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Labor, The Work

The UAE labor minister said that the job market in the UAE has been affected by the global financial crisis. But is the worst yet to come?

Working harder for the money

By Kipp • Jun 3rd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Labor, Regional, The People, survey

More than half of the region’s working professionals are taking on more responsibilities and being more productive as a result of the financial crisis, says Bayt.com.