Posts Tagged ‘public sector’
By Aarti Nagraj • Jan 14th, 2010 • Category: Bahrain, Cover Story, Labor, The Work
Bahrain has just approved a proposal to increase the annual leave for private sector employees by a week. Predictably, businessmen and employers are annoyed.
By Aarti Nagraj • Oct 20th, 2009 • Category: Bahrain, Cover Story, Health, The Work
Bahrain, which is suffering from high rates of absenteeism at work, has now approved a new plan that allows civil servants in the country to take a week off to support ill family members.
By Aarti Nagraj • Apr 7th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Labor, Nation, The Work
The UAE Labor Minister has said that while the country has already taken measures to stabilize the labor market, more needs to be done.
By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 26th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Economy, Nation, The Work
The Dubai government has said that it will not sack any of its employees because of the financial crisis.
By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 25th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Nation, People, The People
A report now says that emiratization has not succeeded in encouraging UAE nationals to join the workforce, even in the public sector.
By Dana El Baltaji • Dec 17th, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Labor, Nation, Newsletter, The Life, The Work, news
The ministry of labor has submitted a proposal to employ more Emiratis. But why do Emiratis need encouragement to work?
Yemen’s many problems could soon render the country ungovernable, enabling the lawlessness in the Horn of Africa to leap across the Gulf of Aden, says Trends magazine.
The News Corp boss did not make a single reference to Dubai in his speech at Abu Dhabi’s glitzy media summit. But he still has links to the emirate’s high-profile ...
Democracy is the “most important priority” for the Arab youth, according to a recent survey. But some say this marks an urge for greater self-determination, rather than a change in ...
The Dubai police chief, who has caught the world’s attention for his role in probing the murder Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, is predictably connected to a lot of people who ...
One was rocked by a ‘fake ads’ scandal, the other has seen a steadily declining number of entries. So which of the region’s competing advertising awards has the edge?
From Ponzi schemes and ‘419’ frauds, to duff Italian suits and ‘bulletproof’ powers, the Middle East is no stranger to the (often bizarre) arts of the conman.
Middle Eastern Mirage; Carlos Slim, the World's Richest Man; How Safe Is Your Cell Phone?
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