The new changes are expected to make it easier for foreign workers and employers to navigate the permit process
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Canada
Canada’s $48mn plan to protect international workers
The country’s Temporary Foreign Worker Programme (TFWP) rules aim to ensure foreign workers are protected during their stay in Canada
foreign workers
UK to hike salary threshold for foreign workers to £30,000: Report
Currently, workers outside shortage occupations require a minimum salary of £26,200 to take up jobs in the UK – lower than the median wage of £33,000
Abu Dhabi
UAE MoHRE sets 7 conditions for companies while hiring workers from abroad
The UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) provides 12 different types of work permits for registered establishments
expat job losses
Fears allayed over expat exodus from Gulf countries
Drop in expat jobs in Saudi lower than expected at 3.8%, according to Oxford Economics
expat fees
Saudi Arabia to waive expat fees for industrial firms
Since January 2018, Saudi businesses have been required to pay fees for foreign workers they employ
Bahrain parliament
Bahraini MPs call for 35 jobs to be banned to expats, minimum wage for Bahrainis to be increased by 83%
Another proposal by members of parliament has called for a complete Bahrainisation of all sectors
foreign workers
How Saudi Arabia’s female workforce is growing amid reforms
New research also shows number of foreigners in the Saudi labour market declined by around 1.4 million since the start of 2017
foreign workers
Saudi officials arrest, penalise 2.3m visa violators since November
More than three quarters were arrested for residency violations
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Saudi Arabia said to review imposing fees on expat workers
While it’s unlikely the expat fees will be cancelled altogether, a ministerial committee is said to be looking at modifying or restructuring them
End of service benefits UAE
Video: Is it time to overhaul the UAE’s end-of-service payments?
As workplace reforms sweep across the UAE, people stay in their roles for longer, and a new five-year visa for expat retirees aged over 55 years is set to be implemented, the big question is whether now is the time to overhaul the end-of-service benefit policy?
End of service benefits UAE
How companies in the UAE can plan for end-of-service gratuity payments
Daniel Dickinson, senior executive officer at PraxisIFM, explains how companies can plan for end of service benefits
End of service benefits UAE
Is it time to overhaul the UAE’s end-of-service gratuity payments?
As workplace reforms sweep across the UAE, and people stay in their roles for longer, is the end-of-service benefit policy now due for an overhaul?
economic reforms
Saudi restrictions on retail sectors jobs to start this week
Over 40 separate types of retail-sector professions will be restricted to Saudi nationals in three phases from September 2018 to January 2019
cost of living
Bahrain retains title of top expat destination in the world
Bahrain tops the global list for the second year in a row, with high rankings for the ease of settling in
Central Bank of Kuwait
Kuwait expat bad debt figures ‘incorrect’, says Central Bank
The Central Bank of Kuwait said that the data is has published does not delate to bad debts owed to banks or financial companies by a specific category of customers
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Saudi expat workers leaving in their thousands – official figures
Foreign workers declined by 6% to 10.2 million in the first three months of 2018 compared with a year ago