Workers
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Move To Extend Amnesty For Suspended Companies’ Workers19 August 2015The Manpower Public Authority plans to extend the amnesty given to workers whose companies’ files were suspended in order to legalize their status, reports Al Rai Arabic news...More Than 80 Workers Were Hospitalised After Gas Leak In Sharjah19 November 201580 workers were hospitalised following a gas leak in industrial area three in Sharjah on Wednesday afternoon, police said. The incident is believed to have been caused by il...50 Ships Remained Stranded Off The Coast Of Kuwait As Port Workers Continued Strike23 December 2015Strikes leave 50 ships abandoned off Kuwaiti coast on Sunday according to Arab Times. Workers down tools for 24 hours on Sunday, escalating the impact from the previous d...Paci Revealed That One Eighth Of The Country Population Are Domestic Workers27 December 2015Public Authority for Civil Information Announced that one eighth (574,000) of the country’s population of 4.3 million are domestic workers. The statistics issued last Ju...15 Fake Companies Closed 82 Workers Blacklisted In Residency Affairs Detectives Raid13 January 2016Residency affairs detectives raided a number of commercial complexes to inspect fake companies and the raid resulted in finding 15 fake and closed companies that sponsor 82 laborer...More Than 400 Workers From Rajasthan Arrested In Kuwait23 January 2016400 workers from Rajasthan have been held for violating employment visa norms in Kuwait. These people had ‘Khadim visa’ (domestic employment visa) allowing them to w...Scores Of Cleaning Company Workers Do Strike For Not Payment Of Salaries27 January 2016Scores of cleaning company workers demonstrated at the Kuwait International Airport because the company which has hired them has not paid their salaries some for one month and...Oman Has Stopped Issuing Visas To Domestic Workers From African Countries03 February 2016Oman bans domestic workers from Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, Guinea and Cameroon. It was reported that the decision was taken to stop the spread of disease from African coun...5 Workers Hurt In Accident07 March 2016Five workers sustained various degrees of injuries in a car crash along Wafra Farm area. They were airlifted by paramedics via helicopter to Adan Hospital for medical attention....Inspection Team Arrested 194 Workers In Friday Market Crackdown13 March 2016Four inspection teams raided the Friday Market and filed 194 citations, the Manpower Public Authority’s Deputy Chairman for Labor Protection Abdullah AlMotoutah said. Violati...Ceiling Of Under Construction Mosque Collapses, 4 Workers Injured31 March 2016Four Egyptian construction workers sustained injuries in different parts of their bodies when the ceiling of an under construction mosque in Qairuwan collapsed. Firefighters from S...Asian Cleaning Company Workers Refused To Work12 April 2016Asian cleaning company workers are said to have refused to go to work at the Palace of Justice for the second time. According to the workers, they have not been paid their salaries...Workers To Push Ahead With Strike, Reject Compromise - Union Head15 April 2016Kuwaiti oil workers will go ahead with a strike starting on Sunday, their union head said, rejecting an offer from the state oil company to suspend the implementation of public sec...Kuwait Local Market Not To Be Affected By The Workers Strike In The Oil, Gas Sector17 April 2016Authorities in Kuwait reassured the public that the domestic market will not be affected by the workers’ strike in the oil and gas sector. High-level sources told that t...Kuwait Oil Workers Called Off Strike And Decided To Work20 April 2016The Kuwait Oil Workers Union on Wednesday called off a "total strike" and decided to return to work, hours after a fresh appeal by the acting oil minister. "In re...