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Sri Lanka to phase out maids going to SaudiSri Lanka will gradually stop allowing women going to Saudi Arabia to be housemaids after a Sri Lankan was executed in the country over the death of an infant in her care, the Colombo government said. More… |
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Clamp called on Indonesia domestic workersAn increasing number of Indonesian domestic workers are illegally entering Saudi Arabia via Bahrain that has forced a task force to call for a blanket moratorium on sending its nationals to Middle East countries. A spokesman from the presi More… |
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Domestic workers get repatriation aidLabour chiefs from Bahrain and across the region have agreed to fast-track repatriation of migrant workers, particularly women, at times of security crisis at a major forum in Manila, the Philippines. They also agreed to assign government More… |
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Migrant workers get repatriation supportLabour chiefs from Bahrain and across the region have agreed to fast-track repatriation of migrant workers, particularly women, at times of security crisis at a major forum in Manila, the Philippines. They also agreed to assign government More… |
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Saudi to fix domestic help wages at $160Employers in Saudi Arabia will be obliged to pay foreign domestic workers a monthly salary of between SR600 ($160) and SR800, a senior official was quoted as saying. The total cost of recruitment will be in the vicinity of SR15,000 to SR17 More… |
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Bahrain plans law to protect domestic workersBahrain’s Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) is in the final stages of preparing a unified contract that will outline recruitment conditions for domestic workers, their rights and duties, said a senior official. 'A unified contr More… |
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Bahrain ministry gets 10,000 visa applicationsBahrain's Labour Ministry has received 10,197 applications for domestic workers in the first quarter of this year. Acting Under-Secretary and Labour Affairs Assistant Under-Secretary Subah Al Dossary said the ministry had approved 7,47 More… |
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New push for maids' rights in BahrainVolunteers plan to launch a nationwide initiative to set up a system that monitors job contracts of domestic workers to avoid any exploitation attempts. It is being spearheaded by Nabeel Rajab, president of the dissolved Bahrain Centre for More… |
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Nepal to lift clamp on Gulf workersNepal is preparing to lift a ban on domestic helpers working in the Gulf. More than 100,000 women are believed to be employed in the region, including hundreds in Bahrain. “We are preparing guidelines to lift the ban,” said second More… |
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Lebanon judiciary fails to protect maids: HRWLebanese courts are failing to hold employers accountable for abusing migrant domestic workers, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday in Beirut. Many maids face severe mistreatment and some are driven to suicide in the country. The U More… |
