Title | Body | Countries | Thematic Areas | Sub-themes | Date | |
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The legal regulation of the work of migrant domestic workers and their equivalents | The legal regulation of the work of migrant domestic workers and their equivalents under Regulation No. 64 of 2020 aims to regulate the enjoyment of rights under the law, such as working hours, read more |
Jordan | Labour Migration | Regulation of Domestic Work | ||
Articles in the Labor Law that address the rights of migrant domestic workers: | Law No. 12 of 2010 promulgating the Labor Relations Law includes the following: Article 93: The employer must treat the domestic worker in a manner consistent with humane treatment and may not read more |
Libya | Labour Migration | Regulation of Domestic Work | ||
Article in the Labor Code prohibits discrimination between workers based on nationality | The Labour Code includes Law No. 27 of 1966, dated April 30, 1966, concerning the promulgation of the Labour Code read more |
Tunisia | Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights | |||
Article in the Labor Code prohibits discrimination between workers based on nationality | Article 2 of the Labor Law (Law 17 of 2010) states that: “In the application of the provisions of this law, it is forbidden to violate or exceed the principle of equal opportunities or equal read more |
Syrian Arab Republic | Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights | |||
Article(s) in Labor Law prohibits discrimination between workers based on nationality | Article (1) Labour relations between the citizens of the Great Socialist Libyan Arab Jamahiriya shall be free relations aimed at eliminating the slavery of workers and establishing partnership in read more |
Libya | Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights | |||
Article (s) in Labor Law prohibits discrimination between workers based on nationality | Iraqi Labor Law No. 37 of 2015: Article 1: For the purposes of this law, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings indicated against them: 26- Indirect discrimination: It is any read more |
Iraq | Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights | |||
Article in the Labour Law that prohibits discrimination between workers on grounds of nationality | Law n°133/AN/05/5ème L on the Djibouti Labor Code includes Article 3 stating " Subject to the express provisions of this Code, or of any legislative or regulatory text legislation or read more |
Djibouti | Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights | |||
National Strategy for Moroccans Living Abroad Morocco | The "National Strategy for Moroccans Living Abroad" (Stratégie nationale en faveur des Marocains du Monde) was launched in 2014. The strategy was developed in the context of the new Migration and read more |
Morocco | Expatriate/diaspora engagement and remittances | |||
The Policy on Engagement with Iraqis Abroad for the period 2019-2022 | The Policy on Engagement with Iraqis Abroad for the period 2019-2022. The policy has four broad objectives: 1. to facilitate connection between the diaspora and local communities and structures read more |
Iraq | Expatriate/diaspora engagement and remittances | |||
Jordan's Expatriate Strategic Plan 2019-2023 | Jordan's Expatriate Strategic Plan 2019-2023 points to the potential for expatriates to contribute to the Kingdom's sustainable development within the framework of its strategic objectives. The read more |
Jordan | Expatriate/diaspora engagement and remittances | |||
The National Migration Management Strategy in Iraq | Iraq's National Strategy for Migration Management, formulated in 2020, is a comprehensive framework designed to address migration issues in line with the Global Compact for Migration and Iraq's read more |
Iraq | International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement | |||
Reform of the Rights of Domestic Workers | Saudi Arabia issued a new law, comprising 33 articles, for domestic workers on 2 October 2023, which will come into effect a (Hijri) year from its issuance on 21 September 2024. Key reforms read more |
Saudi Arabia | Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights | |||
Amendments to Jordan Labor Law included: agencies for recruiting non-Jordanian workers, conditions for employing non-Jordanian workers, definition of sexual harassment, discrimination based on sex, and tightening some penalties in the law | Article (29): A- An employee has the right to leave his job without notice, while retaining his legal rights to severance pay and compensation for unemployment and damages in one of the following read more |
Jordan | ||||
Amendments to Jordan Labor Law included: agencies for recruiting non-Jordanian workers, conditions for employing non-Jordanian workers, definition of sexual harassment, discrimination based on sex, and tightening some penalties in the law | Labor Law: Article (29): A- An employee has the right to leave his job without notice, while retaining his legal rights to severance pay and compensation for unemployment and damages in one of the read more |
Arab Countries, Jordan | ||||
Education for non-citizens in the United Arab Emirates compulsory until the end of the primary stage | Under Federal Decree-Law No. 39 of 2022 on Compulsory Education, Article 4: Compulsory education 1. Education for citizens shall be compulsory from the primary stage until the end of school read more |
United Arab Emirates | Access to Education | |||
Application of Sick Leave and Extraordinary Leave Insurance to all Omanis and non-Omanis | Under the Sultani Decree No. 52/2023 promulgating the Social Protection Law, Article 121: The provisions of the Sick Leave and Extraordinary Leave Insurance Branch apply mandatorily to all Omanis read more |
Oman | Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights | |||
Application of the Retirement and Social Security Law to foreigners and Iraqi who left Iraq legally. | Iraq Retirement and Social Security Law: Article 25: First: The Department shall not pay benefits to those covered by the provisions of this law upon his departure from Iraq, except for the read more |
Iraq | Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights | |||
New legislation mandating foreign nationals to contribute to national social security. | The Egyptian government recently introduced new legislation mandating foreign nationals to contribute to national social security. The mandate entered into effect on 28 September 2021, with the read more |
Egypt | Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights | |||
Applying the newly established and social protection system to foreigners | Law No. 319 Amending Certain Provisions of the Social Security Law and Establishing the Retirement and Social Protection System. The House of Representatives approved, and the Council of Ministers read more |
Lebanon | Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights | |||
Promulgating the Social Protection Law Royal Decree No. 52/2023. | This law significantly expands protection to migrant workers in Oman, who represent over three quarters of the country’s working population. Migrant workers will be covered for employment injury, read more |
Oman | Labour Migration | Support and protection of migrant workers and their rights |