Preferential Hiring: Rightful Redress or Quiet Discrimination?
This issue weaves together several fault lines at once: the rights of expatriate workers against national-preference pol…
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Nationalization Policies: Social Justice or a Barrier to Efficiency?
Mandatory nationalization quotas place governments and the private sector on a collision course. The social imperative to bring citizens into the workforce is real — but so is the frustration of businesses that regard fixed hiring targets as a constraint on merit, one that breeds ghost employment and quiet workarounds.
The Kafala System: Protection or Exploitation?
The kafala system sits at the center of a charged debate. Its defenders see it as a necessary framework that protects the interests of host states; its critics describe it as a mechanism that effectively hands migrant workers over to their employers, stripping them of agency and making a mockery of labor market justice.
Freelance and Informal Work: Freedom or Precarity?
Gig work and non-traditional employment models are spreading fast across the region, and the verdict is split. For some,…
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