Global Labour Markets: GCC News Digest

GCC News Clippings Feb 19th. - Feb 25th. 2023

UAE jobs: Short-term, temporary hiring rises as firms switch to limited contracts

Expatriates welcome salary ceiling cut for family visas

9 in 10 Omani engineering companies struggling to recruit: Survey says

Saudi Arabia remains top destination for Bangladeshi migrant workers

Saudi workers fear losing jobs to robots

UAE, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain set to announce joint industrial projects worth millions

United Arab Emirates: The New UAE Unemployment Insurance Scheme: A Welcome Change 

Global Labour Markets: GCC News Digest

GCC News Clippings Apr 12- Apr 18, 2022

GCC job creation surges 7.7% in first quarter of 2022

Kuwait mulls hiring domestic labour to ease shortage

UAE Labour Law: Work permit not renewed? The company faces a fine of Dh200 per month

UAE: Kalpana Chawla award to honour women's achievements

UAE labour law: 8 instances where employee’s salary can be deducted

Zoom in talks with UAE to introduce smart call centres

Global Labour Markets: GCC News Digest

GCC News Clippings Feb. 8- Feb. 14, 2022

UAE labour law: What relaxed visa rules mean for the job market.

New UAE labour law: How do I claim overtime while working from home?

New UAE Labour Law: Can I take action against my employer for unfair dismissal?

'Are pregnant employees protected under the new UAE labour law?'

Kuwait: 168,000 expats leave labour market, Indians top list.

UAE labour laws: can a prospective employer force you to provide salary history?

Does the UAE's new corporate tax apply to freelancers?

Kuwait seeks pact with Ethiopia to ease domestic labour shortage.

Global Labour Markets: GCC News Digest

GCC News Clippings Feb 1- Feb 7, 2022

Has the employee probation period changed under the UAE's new Labour Law?

UAE labour laws: how to secure part-time work or a second job.

Bahrain plans to offer permanent residence to some foreigners.

New UAE labour law: Are job promotions completely up to my boss?

UAE embarks on biggest labour law shake-up in years.

Saudi Arabia to allow domestic labour from 8 more countries

Global Labour Markets: GCC News Digest

GCC News Clippings Jan 23 -Jan 31 2022

UAE growth set to accelerate in 2022.

Why employees will continue to pay no income tax in the UAE.

New UAE labor laws will give employees security and stability, recruiters say.

Up to Dh10 million fines for violating employee rights.

UAE: 10 mistakes that can get you fired without notice.

New UAE labour law: What can employees do if they're overworked?

Global Labour Markets: GCC News Digest

GCC News Clippings Apr. 25th. - May 1st. 2021

Potential to provide 140,000 jobs in Oman: Minister of Labour

Disabled students receive training in Oman to succeed at the workplace

New version of Smart Labour app to be launched at Expo 2020

Private sector Saudization rate rises to 22.75 percent in 2021

Saudi Arabia to take action against healthcare workers who refuse COVID vaccine

ILO urges improved safety policies to tackle future health crises for workers

Philippines' Duterte praises labour reforms by Bahrain

Global Labour Markets: GCC News Digest

GCC News Clippings April 18th. - April 24th. 2021

UAE: Dh50,000 fine, jail term for hiring domestic workers illegally

Qatar’s Ambassador To Rwanda Discusses Bi-Lateral Relation, Aviation Hub Goals And FIFA World Cup 2022

Promoting Safe Migration for the Women of Bangladesh

Submit work contracts online, says Oman’s Ministry of Labour

Human Rights Society in appeal for soul of Kuwait in over-60 battle against expat age discrimination

Global Labour Markets: GCC News Digest

GCC News Clippings Apr 4th. - Apr 10th. 2021

How Expo 2020 Dubai never lost sight of worker welfare through the COVID-19 pandemic

Graduation of First Batch of MoI 'Hassad' trainees gets underway

Saudi Arabia: 129,000 expats left labour market in 2020

Public awareness on labour law changes ‘low’: survey

Qatar’s labour reforms outstanding and tangible

Human Rights society signs agreement to educate workers on rights

Global Labour Markets: GCC News Digest

GCC News Clippings April 11th. - April 17th. 2021

Aldar Boosts Emiratisation Efforts Through MoU With Ministry Of Human Resources And Emiratisation

UAE: New penalty for companies that don’t pay salaries on time

Qatar has made great progress in reforming labour law and promoting migrant workers’ rights: Ambassador

Saudi unemployment rate falls as more women enter workforce

Oman’s Indian Embassy restore various visa categories

Stocks rocket as Qatar approves draft law on full foreign ownership

Qatar- Shura Council approves draft law regulating health services

Global Labour Markets: GCC News Digest

Apr. 10th - May 16th, 2020

UAE private sector employers cannot terminate staff infected with Covid-19 – ministry

Saudi Arabia salaries to be revised, projects delayed

15,000 expatriates apply for amnesty in Bahrain

Bahrain Labour Market: 8,000 expats lose jobs amid shutdown

Expert spells out changes in Kuwait labour Law prompted by COVID-19

COVID-19: Gulf expats repatriated en masse

Coronavirus leaves Gulf migrant workers stranded

Global Labour Markets: GCC News Digest

Apr. 26th. - May. 9th. 2020

Employees with Covid-19 must be protected, government warns

COVID-19: UAE considers imposing restrictions on these countries

UAE checks working conditions of Emiratis at 2,710 businesses amid coronavirus situation

Qatar's migrant workers beg for food as Covid-19 infections rise

Coronavirus leaves the Gulf's migrant workers in limbo, with no income and no easy way out

India to send navy and fleet of planes to repatriate workers stranded by coronavirus

Oman urges public firms to speed up replacing foreigners with citizens

Plan to allocate special area for Oman's Labour City

Global Labour Markets: GCC News Digest

Apr. 19th. - Apr. 25th. 2020

New Abu Dhabi committee to protect private sector workers' rights

Thousands of migrant workers in the UAE feel abandoned by their governments amid the corona virus

Coronavirus: Dubai Police set up checkpoints to stop worker movement

Migrant workers in cramped Gulf dorms fear infection

Dubai labour affairs committee delivers COVID-19 awareness guidelines for workers

Transfer of labour workers to temporary shelters to begin soon

Coronavirus travel bans hit South Asia migrant workers

Qatari authorities accused of endangering foreign workers amid pandemic

Migrant workers in Gulf states lose jobs but can't return home

Global Labour Markets: GCC News Digest

Mar. 9th, 2020 - Mar. 21st, 2020

Crossborder virus and Nepali migrant workers

Federal government employees in Dubai to work remotely

UAE bars entry of residents for 2 weeks starting today, suspends issuing work permits and work visas

UAE suspends issuing all  types of labor permits

IBM receives UAE Emiratisation award

Covid-19 lockdown turns Qatar’s largest migrant camp into “virtual prison’

UAE blocks non-Emiratis over coronavirus; Saudis cut budget

Coronavirus Travel Bans Hit South Asia Migrant Workers