By: Anna Zacharias The National | 1 June 2018 An agreement between the UAE and Ethiopia to protect the rights of domestic workers will be formalised by the year’s end, Ethiopia’s new ambassador announced. The accord is one of several that Ethiopia has made with other Middle Eastern countries after a series of high-profile cases […]
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India’s decision to scrap the bank guarantee scheme for employers in Kuwait and Oman is drawing criticism from human rights campaigners. Many believe that the revoking of these schemes will make it harder for domestic workers who are abused or unpaid to get home. India had recently scrapped the $2,500 bank guarantee in Kuwait, followed
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After much uproar from employers in Kuwait, India has scrapped with immediate effect the $2,500 (720 Kuwaiti Dinar) bank guarantee, which was made mandatory in 2014 while recruiting Indian nationals as domestic help workers. The bank guarantee was decided upon following frequent complaints relating to sexual assault and abuse from Indian female workers employed in
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The government has made it easier for foreigners to hire Indian women in jobs such as housemaids in their countries, a measure aimed at combating shrinking offshore jobs and growing illegal recruitment rackets. Prospective employers from 18 ‘ECR’ countries, which includes those in the Gulf region, Indonesia and Malaysia, will no longer need to deposit
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By: Binsal Abdul Kader Gulf News | 26 September 2017 Abu Dhabi/Dubai: Senior diplomats and labour recruitment agencies welcomed the new law protecting domestic workers in the UAE saying it’s a step in the right direction. President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has signed into law the protection of domestic workers in
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By: Samir Salama Gulf News | 26 September 2017 Law stipulates essential working conditions for domestic workers, including a regular weekly day off Abu Dhabi: A law stipulating working conditions for domestic workers, including a regular weekly day off, 30 days of paid annual leave and the right to retain personal documents, was approved by
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By: Sandeep Singh Grewal Bahrain News | 19 Sep 2017 A NEW contract for domestic workers will be enforced from October 1, it was announced. Under the revised rules, employers seeking to hire a housemaid will have to compulsorily declare, among other things, the nature of the job, working hours and weekly day off. Labour
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Gulf News 12 September 12, 2017 Abu Dhabi: The UAE and Philippines signed a memorandum of understanding on mutual cooperation in the recruitment and employment of domestic workers in the UAE. The MoU highlights the keenness of both nations to bolster cooperation in the field of labour, and facilitating the process for approving and recruiting
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Sarwat Nasir | July 24, 2017 Khaleej Times Khaleej Times spoke to two maids who said their previous employers did not give them any days off or their gratuity. Housemaids are desperately waiting for the new domestic workers law to be implemented, as many claim they are overworked by their employers. Khaleej Times spoke to
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By Angel Tesorero | July 1, 2017 Khaleejtimes Some agencies recruit them from home countries and bring them to the UAE on three-month tourist visa, on the promise of getting employed, which is an illegal practice Most distressed maids are quite new to Dubai. They came here on a visit visa with the objective of
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