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Unified GCC Maid Contract has been Approved

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26 November 2014

Last updated on 5 September 2016

A Unified GCC Maid Contract has been Approved

The proposed contract now allows maids days off, leave, flights and the right to their passport

The issue of maid contacts has come under international scruitiny for all GCC countries - UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and KSA - and they have addressed the issue by coming up with a unified contract to cover all GCC countries.


A Unified GCC Maid Contract has been Approved
 

The proposed contract will give domestic employees more freedom of movement and will regulate work times, overtime pay and holidays.

Director General of the public authority for workforce Jamal Al-Dosari said Monday a meeting of the undersecretaries of the labor ministries of the GCC member states debated the draft provisions of the unified GCC contract on housemaids.

"The blueprint of the contract provides for the right to leave, sets the daily working hours at six and paid overtime at two hours, and requires provision of decent dwelling," he told reporters following the meeting.

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"It bans employers from holding the passports of employees, ensures the freedom of housemaids to move or live outside the home of employer or travel at any time, and commits employers to furnish their housemaids with air ticket in case final termination of their contract," Al-Dosari revealed.

The suggestion was welcomed by all participants in the just-ended meeting who also discussed the measures being taken to facilitate the movement of national workforce among the GCC countries and promote the employment of youth and women's access to jobs, Al-Dosari went on.

Meanwhile, Undersecretary of the Bahraini Ministry of Labor Sabah Al-Dosari called on any foreign labor organizations or human rights agencies that could have any negative observations on situations of labors to present these observations to the concerned GCC country or raise them to the World Labor Organization.

"We in the GCC countries welcome the foreign workers and appreciate their contributions to the development of our countries," he added.