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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