A recent HSBC UAE Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) better output and new orders increase while job creation is recorded as fastest in 15 months. Should we be hoping for some ripple effect?
April 5, 2011 12:03
A new study will underline the need for UAE nationals to embrace the private sector as an employer. Making that happen might be difficult, but it’sessential, says Sam Potter.
June 6, 2010 2:33
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 2:35
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.
October 20, 2009 2:16