The death toll in a fire that broke out at a workers' accommodation in Qatar last Wednesday has risen to 13, sources told Gulf Times.
There is a growing demand among workers that embassies of major labour-supplying countries...
A new Labour Health Centre and a Medical Commission unit that together can cater to more than 40,000 people a month have been officially opened at Mesaimeer.
The crisis surrounding major Saudi Arabian construction company Saudi Binladin Group, which has been struggling to pay its workers, will be resolved, Labour Minister Mufrej al-Haqbani said.
One of Saudi Arabia's most powerful firms, the Saudi Binladin Group, has laid off 77,000 foreign workers, a Saudi daily reported on Monday, citing an anonymous company official.
As the weather gets hotter in the country, some transport contractors are busy installing air-conditioners (ACs) in buses that are used to ferry workers, it is learnt.
Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers demanded justice on the anniversary yesterday of one of the world’s worst industrial disasters...
Qatar is committed to making continuous progress on the welfare of country's workers, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) secretary general Hassan al-Thawadi said on Wednesday.
Israel's cabinet will likely vote within two weeks on a proposal to allow another 33,000 Palestinian construction workers into Israel as the government seeks to ease the economic hardship.
Thousands of Nigerian workers took to the streets yesterday to protest against a 45% increase in electricity prices that they say will hit the country’s poorest.
Bangladesh police said Thursday they are holding 14 of the 26 construction workers deported from Singapore late last year over links with a banned Islamist group the government has blamed for attacks on secular writers.
