Good Tidings:The labour ministry has shut down more than 100 workers' accommodations for unhygienic living conditions. The ministry has been engaged in a major and concerted programme to ensure that the living and working conditions of the country's expatriate workforce is improved.
The article continues,
the UAE Government has, since last summer, been engaged in a major and concerted programme to ensure that the living and working conditions of the country's expatriate workforce is improved... The workers living in those complexes have been provided with temporary housing pending the completion of new housing built to international guidelines. Some of these new complexes have already been opened, and others are being rapidly built... Over the next few months, the number of inspectors should reach over 2,000, 20 times the number that there were in summer 2006, an indication of the seriousness with which the government is tackling this task.
UAE engaged in major drive 'to tackle labour issues (GN)
Problems to be addressed:
- health & safety
- quality of accommodation
- timely payment of salaries
- recruitment issues
- minimum wage
The ministry is also preparing proposals for the introduction of a minimum wage structure, at first in the construction industry, and then to be expanded to other sectors...
Damas Tower car park (on SZR): from canteen, not construction related issue.
Light up your foyer (GN)
The prettiest foyers are those where the paper chosen is expansive and bold... In a small foyer, maximise the light and make a tight area feel airy with a floor to ceiling mirror. It is also important to pay attention to the hardware in the room. The switch-plate cover, for instance, should be decent...
Telling the dark, sordid truth - Iraq (GN)
Elton John... I might as well commemorate EJ's 60th birthday. In 1975 the world to me was Elton John.
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