Labour Laws
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Labour law in Saudi Arabia
The law that governs your relationship with your employer — or your organisation's relationship with its employees — from the first day of the contract to the last riyal of the final settlement.
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Labour law in the United Arab Emirates
One of the most frequently updated frameworks in the Gulf in recent years: fixed-term contracts for everyone, multiple work patterns, and two regulatory layers — the mainland and the free zones.
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Labour law in Kuwait
The Labour Law in the Private Sector governs the relationship between worker and employer, supervised by the Public Authority for Manpower through an integrated set of procedures.
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Labour law in Qatar
A labour law that has seen extensive amendment in recent years touching what matters most to migrant workers: a minimum wage, freedom to change employer, and wage protection.
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Labour law in Bahrain
The Labour Law in the Private Sector, and with it two bodies without which the picture is incomplete: the Labour Market Regulatory Authority for permits, and Social Insurance for contributions.
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Labour law in Oman
A relatively recent labour law that reordered leave entitlements and the grounds for termination, alongside a social protection system consolidated in recent years.
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Labour law in Egypt
A large and varied labour market, and a labour law that has undergone a comprehensive review in recent years — alongside a unified social insurance system.
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Labour law in Jordan
A relatively settled labour law with successive amendments, alongside a social security institution that looms large in calculating a worker's entitlements.
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Labour law in Iraq
A relatively recent labour law that absorbed international labour standards on prohibiting forced labour and discrimination, alongside a pension and social security system for workers.
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Labour law in Sudan
A labour law built on the traditional framework of the worker–employer relationship, in a legislative and administrative environment that has seen successive change.
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Labour law in Morocco
The "Code du travail" is the reference point, alongside an active social security fund and collective agreements that may grant more than the Code does.
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Labour law in Tunisia
The Labour Code is the reference point, and above it in practice sit sectoral collective agreements that set out pay and occupational classifications.
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Labour law in Algeria
The Law on Labour Relations sets the framework, elaborated by collective agreements and the establishment's internal rules — two pillars that should never be overlooked.
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Labour law in the United States
There is no comprehensive federal "labour law" as there is in Arab countries, but rather specialised federal statutes sitting above state laws that differ radically from one another.
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Employment law in the United Kingdom
A balanced system: clear statutory rights for every worker, protection from unfair dismissal tied to length of service, and specialist employment tribunals that are relatively quick.
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Labour law in France
One of the most detailed systems in the world: the Code du travail is vast, and above it sits a sectoral collective agreement that is almost a second body of law for each activity.
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Employment law in Canada
Jurisdiction in Canada is divided: most workers are governed by the law of their province, and a minority in specified sectors fall under federal law.
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Labour law in China
The Labour Contract Law is clear and strict on the formalities of contracting, alongside a compulsory social insurance system whose rates differ from city to city.
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Labour law in Japan
The Labour Standards Act sets the floor, but Japanese practice adds a strong customary layer on top — the most important being that dismissal is very difficult.
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Employment law in Malaysia
A long-standing employment act that has been extensively updated in recent years, alongside savings and social security funds that loom large on the payslip.
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Employment law in Australia
An orderly and clear system: national standards that cannot be undercut, and above them an "Award" for each sector setting pay and allowances precisely.
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