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Worklife (Previously Business Edition and Business Live) is a news programme that premiered on BBC World News on 1 February 2010 as part of a network-wide refresh. [1] The programme is presented by Tanya Beckett (Monday–Thursday) and Jamie Robertson (Friday).
Migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates describe the foreign workers who have moved to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for work. As a result of the proximity of the UAE to South Asia and a better economy and job opportunities, most of the migrant foreign workers are from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Philippines and Pakistan.
Towards the end of March 2006, the government announced steps to allow construction unions. UAE labour minister Ali al-Kaabi said: "Labourers will be allowed to form unions." Prostitution, though illegal by law, is conspicuously present in the emirate because of an economy that is largely based on tourism and trade.
[9] [10] The United Arab Emirates attracts immigrants from all over the world; this may be because UAE nationals prefer to work for the government or military. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The country's relatively liberal society compared to some of its neighbours has attracted many global expatriates, including people from the Western nations . [ 13 ]
The first wave concerns migration to the GCC region prior to the British arrival in the so-called Trucial States, being modern-day Qatar, Bahrain and the UAE, in 1820.The oldest known maritime trading route is the one between the Indus Valley civilisation and Dilmun in modern-day Bahrain.
BBC News provides television journalism to BBC network bulletins (on BBC One and BBC Two) and programmes as well as the BBC News Channel available around the world and in the United Kingdom. BBC News runs BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC World Service as part of its rolling news coverage, journalists and presenters also contribute to podcasts produced ...
Emiratisation (or Emiratization) is an initiative by the government of the United Arab Emirates to employ its citizens in a meaningful and efficient manner in the public and private sectors. [1] [2] [3] Emiratisation increases each semester adding a 1% of emirati quota to be achieved by the United Arab Emirates companies. [4]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 December 2024. English-language pay television channel This article is about the English-language audio-visual international news and current affairs operations of the BBC. For the BBC's corporate division administering it, as well as the audio-only branding of the same, see BBC World Service. This ...