The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has published a report that ranks countries according to how well they protect the rights of workers. The Global Rights Index gives each country in the world a score out of five, with zero designating a country in which labour rights are sacrosanct and five a country with no protections at all.
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Twenty-four countries were given a ranking of five, including China, Egypt, Greece, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar. Among these, Qatar has come under scrutiny for the high death toll among immigrant workers, and the lack of both job security and labour mobility. The Qatari government recently promised to reform labour laws and base them on a conventional contract system.
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