Qatar could increase the minimum wage for migrant workers by the end of 2018, unions predicted Monday, as the 2022 World Cup host seeks to push through labour...
Qatar could agree a deal within a fortnight to abolish its controversial exit visa system, which requires workers to obtain their employers' permission to...
Migrant workers can now rate their recruiters and warn others of potential abuses on a global portal aimed at stamping out modern slavery that mirrors reviews...
Seven high-powered women dominate one stage while panelists elsewhere agonize over sexual harassment and pay inequality – but despite efforts to redress the...
The International Organization for Labour (ILO) on Wednesday dropped a case against Qatar over its treatment of foreign workers that had overshadowed the...
Qatar’s decision to commit to sweeping labor reforms may head off an international investigation into its treatment of hundreds of thousands of foreign...
Qatar's labor law reforms won't end the abuse and exploitation faced by migrant workers in the country – and may even make it worse, human rights groups said...
Qatar's World Cup organizers said Wednesday that six laborers building stadiums for the 2022 tournament suffered work-related injuries last year but there...
The United Nations' most senior human rights official said Thursday that there is a "real and authentic will" by 2022 football World Cup host Qatar to tackle...
Qatar dismissed as "groundless" Monday a claim that as many as 7,000 people would die working on projects for the 2022 World Cup, bullishly defending its...
Rights groups Wednesday dismissed as a “sham” long-awaited reforms of Qatar’s much-criticized “kafala” labor system for foreign workers, which critics have...
Africa can create jobs, improve social services and cut poverty if its governments can stem the $50 billion a year lost in illicit outflows, mainly through...
International rights and labor groups called Sunday for urgent action to be taken to protect migrant workers from abuse in Gulf countries.
World Cup 2022 host Qatar, under international criticism over working conditions for migrant workers, said recruitment agencies in Asia were the main party to...
World Cup 2022 host Qatar, under international criticism over working conditions for migrant workers, says recruitment agencies in Asia were the main party to...
Qatar, which pledged to improve labor safety standards as 2022 World Cup construction projects get underway, was ranked among the worst violators of workers...
Qatar has been urged at the United Nations to abolish the sponsorship system tying migrant workers to employers.
Qatar organizers are yet to decide whether to build all 12 stadiums outlined in their successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup.
India comes under pressure over the deaths of over 450 nationals in almost two years in Qatar, the host of the 2022 World Cup, with rights groups branding the...
The committee managing preparations for the Qatar 2022 World Cup said Tuesday it would penalize contractors who violated the welfare of its construction...