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The 2005 Labour Law was amended in 2013, which provided Saudi police and labor authorities with the power to enforce the provisions of the Labor Law against undocumented laborers. [109] Punishments included both detention and deportation. [109] The 2005 Labour Law was again amended in 2015, introducing more extensive labor protections.
In 2009, [Bahrain] was the first country in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to claim to repeal the kafala system. In a public statement, the Labor Minister likened the system to slavery. [6] Changes to the Labour Market Regulatory Law were made in April 2009 and implemented starting 1 August 2009. Under the new law, migrants are sponsored by ...
Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have the highest population of Pakistani prisoners. [5] 2,224 Indians are in jails in Saudi Arabia and 1,606 in the United Arab Emirates. [6] In May 2020, 1000 Bangladeshi labourers who were in prisons and detention camps in the Middle East were allowed to go home.
The right of alien residence and work permit is protected by the UAE Federal Law No. 6 of 1973 on the Entry and Residence of aliens. [17] Per UAE law, an employer may not deny an employee on a work visa right to annual leave, regularly paid wage, 45 days maternity leave, right to resign, resign gratuity, and a 30 day grace period to find a new job.
The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf [2] (Arabic: مجلس التعاون لدول الخلیج), also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; Arabic: مجلس التعاون الخليجي), is a regional, intergovernmental, political, and economic union comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
Human Rights Watch called on Gulf countries to follow the example of Qatar and to enhance the situation of migrant labour. [71] In November 2017, Qatar and the International Labour Organization started a technical cooperation programme to improve working conditions and labour rights.
Pakistani labour at Al Masjid Nabawi (the Prophet's Mosque) in Medina. Foreign workers in Saudi Arabia (Arabic: العَمالَة الأَجْنَبِيَّة فِي السَعُودِيَّة, romanized: al-ʿamālah al-ʾāǧnabīyah fī as-Saʿūdīyah), estimated to number about 9 million as of April 2013, [1] [failed verification] began migrating to the country soon after oil was ...
Today slavery typically involves women and children being sold into involuntary servitude by the means of violence and deprivation. There is a clear lack of labor protection laws for domestic workers in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries. The international community recognizes the trafficking of women and children as a modern form of ...