Caretaker Labour Minister Lamia Yammine said on Friday she had issued a standard unified contract that “enshrines the rights” of the foreign workers, whose plight during Lebanon’s economic crisis and COVID-19 lockdown sparked global outcry.
New contract for Lebanon’s migrant maids only a first step, rights groups warn
AMMAN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Rights campaigners said the launch of a new contract for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon was a positive first step but that far deeper reform was needed to abolish the kafala sponsorship system they blame for widespread labor abuses.
English | September 7, 2020
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