Legal, Policy & Governance

Will an online clean-up change realities on the ground?

Saudi's Minister of Labour and Social Development has issued a ministerial order revising the labour law’s executive regulations. The amendments include a table of labour law violations corresponding penalties, some which are new or updated with increased fines.

Saudi’s ‘Privileged iqama’ is the latest in the GCC trend to relax Kafala for those with privilege

It was his first visit to a Gulf country, and one made with the great hope that he could earn a little bit and provide a better living for his family.

Explicitly excluded from the labour law and often working in isolation, the shepherds and farmworkers who help feed Saudi Arabia endure dangerous working and living conditions.

Kuwait continues to use the amnesty to push irregular workers out of the country, circumventing just resolutions to the problems these migrants face. The majority of workers enter the country legally but are often forced into irregularity due to unfair employment practices.