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Saudi approves rules for hiring house workersSaudi Arabia has approved a set of conditions for recruitment of house workers by citizens or residents, a report said. A married citizen should have a bank balance of at least SR35,000 ($9,333), while expatriates should have a sa More… |
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Maids 'forced to work longer during Ramadan'A leading rights campaigner in Bahrain has claimed that housemaids are being forced to work longer hours during Ramadan. The Migrant Workers Protection Society says many domestic workers suffer from lack of proper rest and nutriti More… |
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Better deal for Gulf domestic workers on wayDomestic workers in the Gulf states will receive a better deal from their employers under a new plan that the labour ministers of the countries have agreed. Gulf labour ministers agreed on some minimum terms in the contracts of do More… |
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Saudi may start recruiting Indian maidsSaudi recruitment agencies are hopeful that they will be able to recruit Indian housemaids within three months to meet the acute shortage of domestic help in the Kingdom, a report said. The delay was caused due to plans being made by In More… |
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Manila mulls ban on sending maids to GulfManila is mulling over a plan to stop sending domestic workers to Bahrain and the Gulf within five years as part of its labour policy shake-up to prevent skilled people from ending up in low-paid jobs such as housemaids. The Phili 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… |
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Kuwait mulls minimum wage law for maidsKuwait lawmakers are considering a separate law to set a minimum salary for the roughly 560,000 domestic workers in the country and impose rules protecting them from abuse. 'This is the first step. It is a most welcome legislation beca More… |
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Mideast, Asia fail to halt maid abuseMigrant and domestic workers still face beatings, rape and sometimes even murder because laws in Middle Eastern and Asian nations do not protect them from abusive employers, a US-based rights group said. Millions of women from countries su More… |
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Clamp on Lankan maids to MideastSri Lanka will cut the number of maids it sends to the Middle East, a labour official said, citing increased complaints of abuse by women migrant workers. ’We want to reduce the number of women migrant workers mainly because of complaints More… |
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Clamp on Lankan maids to MideastSri Lanka will cut the number of maids it sends to the Middle East, a labour official said, citing increased complaints of abuse by women migrant workers. ’We want to reduce the number of women migrant workers mainly because of complaints More… |
