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India-UAE, India-US among top 10 migration corridors in 2024: UNA United Nations report reveals key global migration routes. India to the United Arab Emirates and India to the United States are among the...
For foreign workers in Mideast, risk from Iran war collides with economic strain at homeA missile strike in the Mideast killed Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun, a Bangladeshi migrant worker, highlighting the perilous situation for mi...
UAE ratifies International Forced Labour ProtocolThe UAE has ratified the ILO Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, becoming the sixty-third country globally to do so. This act...
Dreaming of working abroad? HP govt launches UAE job drive with monthly earnings up to Rs 1 lakh: Check details insideThe Himachal Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation is organising a special recruitment drive for 300 delivery rider positions i...
Rights groups say migrant workers dying on Saudi job sites as kingdom prepares for World CupHuman Rights Watch and FairSquare reports reveal preventable deaths of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia due to job-site accidents and illnes...
Curtain falls on football World Cup, highlighting Qatar's growing influenceArgentina defeated France on penalties in a pulsating match dominated by two talismanic strikers who play their club soccer for a team owne...
India to host G20 summit next September, Invite Singapore, Mauritius, Arab StatesIndia will take over the presidency from Indonesia, which is set to host this year's G20 leaders' summit in November. There is a tradition ...
Modern slavery witnesses 25 percent increase in five years, says reportAccording to ILO, modern slavery occurs in almost every country in the world and cuts across ethnic, cultural and religious lines. “More th...
ILO revises upwards estimate for loss of work hours globally in 2011 due to CovidAccording to ILO, the loss of working hours in 2021 because of the pandemic are significantly higher than previously estimated largely due ...
Pandemic affected 60 mn workers due to gap in labor & social protection: ILOThe COVID-19 pandemic has affected more than 60 million domestic workers worldwide because of the long-standing gaps in the labour and soci...
Tax or no tax, UAE aims to remain magnet for investorsThe Group of Seven wealthy powers this month endorsed an "unprecedented" agreement on a global minimum corporate tax targeting major compan...
UAE topples Saudi Arabia as top draw for Indian job seekers in GulfOman came a close third with 30,413 migrants, which is 16.5% of the total Gulf migration. In 2016, Kuwait was the third most popular destin...
- Qatar World Cup construction workers to get 'cooling' hats
QATAR-WORLDCUP/HELMET (PIX, TV):Qatar World Cup construction workers to get 'cooling' hats
Around 6,000 Indians secure regular jobs since Saudi amnestyNearly 6,000 Indians in Saudi Arabiahave secured a full-time employment since an amnesty was announced in April for illegal foreign workers.
Facilitate optimal functioning of TUs: Yoshiteru Uramoto, International Labour Organisation"India needs to bring in a new era of industrial relations to ensure its demographic dividend doesn’t turn into a nightmare."
- Arab world unemployment estimated at 20 million: ALO
Unemployment in the Arab world stands at an estimated 20 mn and is growing at fast pace, especially among the youth in countries witnessing...
- Indian workers accuse sponsor of flouting job contracts
A group of Indian workers have alleged foul-play by their sponsor and a Mumbai-based labour recruiter after they realised that they would b...
- Emiratis fear being minority in their own country
The growing concern of Emiratis about being a minority in their own country surfaced again last week, with a senior official warning that i...
- 'Indian workers in Dubai duped by conmen'
Twenty-five Indian workers have been duped out of almost 70,000 dollars by recruitment agency conmen promising them bogus jobs in the Unite...
- GCC mulls common policies for foreign workers
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries will work towards having common policies and strategies in place for foreign workers at a conf...