The country’s external debt services went up 5 percent, from nearly TND2 billion ($666.69 million) to about TND2.1 billion ($700.02 million).

While 44 percent of UAE residents want to retire from their jobs before they turn 55, most of them have not come up with any financial plan for their lives after retirement.

The unemployment rate among Saudi citizens reduced to 11 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021. The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) released the "Labor Market Statistics Q4, 2021, on its official website which revealed this data. The unemployment rate fell by 0.3 percentage points (pp) from Q3/2021, and lower...

The deal was signed on Sunday, March 27, in cooperation with the International Labor Organization.

Saudi Arabia has achieved its target of getting 30 percent female labor force participation nearly 10 years ahead of schedule, a study said. The research, carried out by Roland Berger on behalf of Uber, shows that women made up 36 percent of workers in the Kingdom in 2021 — up...

The World Bank has reported that Bahrain’s score improved to 73 percent in women’s economic participation and gender equality from 2018 to 2022. The report was compiled by World Bank Group’s Women, Business and the Law 2022. This report examines laws and regulations that restrict women’s economic inclusion in 190...

The World Bank (WB) announced that it would support the higher education sector in Iraq with an amount of $5 million.

Bahrain government has provided unemployment benefits to 31,099 citizens in 2021, according to the country’s Labor Minister Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan. He said the unemployment benefit has not been discontinued for any beneficiary who meets the eligibility conditions in accordance with the Unemployment Insurance Law. Humaidan said amendments have...

The decree details the responsibilities of both employees and employers to ensure work stability and increase productivity in the workplace.

Tamkeen, a semi-autonomous Bahraini agency, has said that the “Skills Bahrain” initiative is all set to be launched in the country. "Skills Bahrain" is the first comprehensive national initiative aimed at establishing professional standards for vocations and professions in Bahrain. It meets the rising demand for qualified nationals across a range...

Qatar is one of the five countries the ILO has as a member of the Advisory Committee of its Fair Recruitment Initiative. The move is said to have been made in appreciation of Qatar’s efforts and reforms undertaken in the labor sector.

Member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council are increasingly working towards the empowerment of women.

Chaired by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE, the Cabinet approved the Executive Regulations of the Federal Decree Law on Regulation of Labor Relations and the Executive Regulations of the Federal Law regarding the regulation and protection of industrial...

Researchers in the United States, who estimated the current cost at $2.1 trillion every year, said the effects of stifling temperatures on people doing heavy work in agriculture and construction had been underestimated. They found that between 2001 and 2020, exposure to high humidity and heat was linked to 677...

Nayef Steitieh told field managers in his ministry and across governorates to also look to replace expatriate workers with those from Jordan.

Qatar's Ministry of Labour has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority to train and employ cadres from national forces, especially fresh graduates, to enter the job market. The MoU states that the Ministry of Labour will provide national workforce data of male and...

The new decree-law is expected to, among other things, regulate job contracts and give workers more rights.

The Kingdom ranks 26 in the Mercer Institute Global Pension Index 2021 for the fourth year in a row, with a total of 58.1 points, up from 57.5 last year.

The fourth US-Qatar Strategic Dialogue led to both sides discussing to several economic, commercial, regional, and humanitarian issues.

In a wide crackdown against offenders violating various laws of the kingdom, Saudi Arabia has arrested 16,000 people for contravening residency, work, and border security systems in the last five days.

Saudi Arabia will start giving out professional licenses from next year in order to improve the quality of its domestic labor. To begin with, sixteen professions will receive the mandatory license in a phased manner.

Musk said the robot would be five feet and eight inches tall, and that a prototype would be ready next year.

The action has been taken under a new law that prohibits laborers from working outside between 10 am and 3:30 pm every day from June 1 and to September 15 every year.

Job creation is part of Saudi strategy to help residents obtain high-quality jobs The strategy seeks to push more Saudi nationals into the country’s labor market Saudi Arabia will provide 40,000 jobs to its nationals in law firms, customs clearance, real estate, the cinema sector, driving schools, technical and engineering...

274,849 rulings issued, nearly 5.7 million violators arrested Passport authorities call on citizens and migrants to stop employing or sheltering infiltrators and violators   Saudi Arabia has issued 274,849 rulings against violators of the residency, labor and border security regulations and nearly 5.7 million such violators have been arrested in...