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Saudi clamp: Short-term pain for long-term gainSaudi Arabia's crackdown on foreign workers has thrown millions of lives into turmoil and caused rioting in big cities, but the economy should benefit in the long run as Saudi nationals fill the gaps and cut their dependence on the state. More… |
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WARNING: Gulf needs urgent labour reformsGulf oil exporters may see unemployment among their citizens rise in coming years unless they change a decades-old habit of relying on cheap foreign labour, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday. Since the 1970s, milli More… |
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Saudi labour law helps lift consumer spendingSaudi labour reforms to nudge more local people and notably women into jobs once held by expatriates have raised consumer spending and boosted revenue for retailers, Muhammad Al-Agil, chairman of Jarir Marketing Co, said. Jarir, w More… |
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Bahrain set to host major labour forumBahrain is set to host the 30th session of the GCC Labour Ministers' Council on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Labour Minister Jameel Humaidan. The minister stressed the importance of the council's meetings in discuss More… |
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Nepal envoy recalled after Qatar 'labour' remarksNepal has recalled its ambassador in Qatar after she called the Gulf state an "open jail" for Nepalis who suffer labour abuses, and amid outrage about labour conditions and deaths as the emirate prepares to host the 2022 World Cup. More… |
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Qatar probing report on labour abuses, deathsQatar government authorities are investigating allegations in the Guardian newspaper that dozens of migrant Nepalese workers have died in recent weeks, the committee managing preparations for the 2022 World Cup said on Thursday. & More… |
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Labour housing units planned in RiyadhThe Arriyadh Development Authority (ADA), the executive branch of the High Commission for the development of Riyadh, plans to build labour housing units with advanced facilities, said a report. The announcement follows a joi More… |
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Prince William's wife Kate in hospital in labourPrince William's wife Kate has gone into labour and been admitted to hospital for the birth of the couple's first child who will be third in line to the British throne, his office said on Monday. After weeks of feverish me More… |
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Mysteries of the middle classIf you are worried about the Western middle class - and we all should be - you may have started to have some doubts about the virtues of flexible labour markets. In theory, flexible labour markets should make our economies more productive, and a More… |
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Saudi sponsors to pay for deporting workersSaudi Arabia will make sponsors and employers of foreigners working illegally in the country pay the cost of deporting them, under new rules approved by the cabinet, the Saudi Gazette reported on Monday. More… |
