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This ended the forced labour scheme in Qatar and improved the migrant workers’ living and work conditions, regardless of their nationality. In 2020, Qatar became the second country in the Gulf region to set a minimum wage for migrant workers, after Kuwait. [21]
The International Transport Workers' Federation and the International Trade Union Confederation have alleged that the Qatari government fails to enforce its 2004 labor law on a consistent basis, with the former criticizing Qatar Airways' treatment of its female employees, [3] and the latter challenging Qatar's treatment of migrant workers. [4]
The kafala system in Qatar has been linked to labor abuses that occurred during the construction of the venues for the 2022 FIFA World Cup [1] (pictured here, Al Thumama Stadium; one of the World Cup stadiums, under construction in 2013). The kafala system or kefala system (Arabic: نظام الكفالة niẓām al-kafāla, lit.
A contract of employment is usually defined to mean the same as a "contract of service". [1] A contract of service has historically been distinguished from a contract for services (contract for the supply of services). The differing terminology implies a dividing line between a person who is "employed" and someone who is "self-employed".
The U.N.-backed International Labor Organization says reforms introduced follo. When Qatar hosted the World Cup a little over a year ago, the wealthy emirate faced intense scrutiny over its human ...
The labour movement developed as a response to capitalism and the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, at about the same time as socialism. [1] The early goals of the movement were the right to unionise, the right to vote, democracy and the 40-hour week.
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The state of human rights in Qatar is a concern for several non-governmental organisations, such as the Human Rights Watch (HRW), which reported in 2012 that hundreds of thousands of mostly South Asian migrant workers in construction in Qatar risk serious exploitation and abuse, sometimes amounting to forced labour. Qatar is an authoritarian ...