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  2. Kafala system - Wikipedia

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    A new work permit is also issued if the employer fails legal and contractual obligations such as not paying wages for 60 days. A worker may request his contract to be terminated after at least 6 months of employment. A worker whose employment is terminated unfairly has the right to receive a new work permit without the six-month condition. [74 ...

  3. List of countries by minimum wage - Wikipedia

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    Varies for specified industries from ₡11,953.65 (US$23.21) per 8-hour work day for all workers to ₡15,613.91 (US$30.32) per day for specialized workers. All other occupations not explicitly covered fall under the generic scale, which varies from ₡358,609.5 (US$696.42) per month for unskilled workers to ₡765,985.67 (US$1,487.54) per ...

  4. Full-time job - Wikipedia

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    The average workweek for full-time employees is 47 hours. [16] Increasingly, employers are offering compressed work schedules to employees. Some government and corporate employees now work a 9/80 work schedule (80 hours over 9 days during a two-week period)—commonly 9-hour days Monday to Thursday, 8 hours on one Friday, and off the following ...

  5. Visa requirements for Australian citizens - Wikipedia

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    Cruise ship passengers do not require a visa for up to 72 hours. X Turkmenistan: Visa required [278] 10-day visa on arrival if holding a letter of invitation provided by a company registered in Turkmenistan with a prior approval from the Foreign Ministry. √ Tuvalu: Visa on arrival [279] 1 month [79] X Uganda: eVisa [280] [281] 3 months

  6. Immigration by country - Wikipedia

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    Between 2000 and 2014, Canada accepted 200,000 to 271,000 immigrants per year, mainly from three categories: skilled workers, people with family members already in the country, and humanitarian cases. [85] [86] [87] In 2019, 1 in 5 Canadians was an immigrant. [88] Since the 1990s, the majority of immigrants have come from Asia. [89]

  7. Labor force in the United States - Wikipedia

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    There were studies that showed that the demand in low-skilled workers had been down during 1970 to 1980. Alternatively, the demand of middle-skilled labors during that period of time increased significantly, this could be explained since organizations tried to replace the low-skilled workers and used middle-skilled workers.

  8. Economy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Between February 2008 and February 2010, the number of people working part-time for economic reasons (i.e., would prefer to work full-time) increased by 4.0 million to 8.8 million, an 83% increase in part-time workers during the two-year period. [180]

  9. Trans-Pacific Partnership - Wikipedia

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    The obligations include "laws on acceptable conditions of work related to minimum wages, hours of work, and occupational safety and health." [ 150 ] The USTR insists that if countries like Malaysia and Vietnam do not enforce provisions relating to forced labor, human trafficking and collective bargaining, they will cease to get the economic ...