All posts tagged "workers’ rights"
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ConstructionQatar World Cup: FIFA plans worker welfare panel
FIFA plans to set up a panel to “ensure decent working conditions” at all World Cup stadium projects, amid ongoing allegations of...
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Construction‘Know Your Rights’ event held at Abu Dhabi labour camp
The second phase of a campaign to educate UAE workers about their employment rights launched in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.It follows the...
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ConstructionQatar hires worker welfare monitor for World Cup projects
Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SCDL), responsible for overseeing the FIFA World Cup 2022, has appointed a third party company...
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ConstructionSaudi salary delays: Foreign powers demand action
Foreign governments are exerting pressure on authorities and executives in Saudi Arabia to ensure construction firms make delayed salary payments to thousands...
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Construction‘Considerable progress’ in working conditions on Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island – PwC
An independent report into employment practices on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi has indicated ‘considerable progress’ in conditions, according to a press...
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ConstructionDubai’s DAFZA, Silicon Oasis launch labour welfare award
The Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA) and Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA) have launched an award recognising labour welfare.The award, titled Re’ayah, is...
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ConstructionNew UAE labour contracts required from 2016
Employers in the UAE will be required to use new labour contracts from the New Year, as part of a move the government says...
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ConstructionNew UAE labour rules come into force on Jan. 1
The UAE is to implement major changes to its labour laws on January 1, when it plans to introduce standard contracts and ease...
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ConstructionQatar ‘postpones launch of wage protection system’
Qatar has postponed the launch of a mandatory online wage-protection system for blue-collar workers, it was reported. The program was scheduled to be launched...
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ConstructionIndian PM Modi visits labour camp in Abu Dhabi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited a labour camp in Abu Dhabi, in a move said to highlight India’s concern about...