QATAR | Labour
Payment of wages through banks
The Cabinet yesterday approved the recommendations of a committee that advised the payment of workers’ wages through banks binding on all employers in the country. The committee was formed to study a “wage protection system” (WPS) that would ensure timely payment of workers’ salaries. “According to the recommendations, a comprehensive electronic system is to be created and handled by Qatar Central Bank (QCB). It will be managed jointly with the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the financial institutions, establishments and companies,” a statement issued by HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al- Mahmoud after the Cabinet meeting, said.
REGION | Health
Mers death toll rises to 107 in Saudi Arabia
Saudi health authorities yesterday announced two new deaths from the Mers coronavirus in the kingdom, where 16 more infections were also detected. A 41-year-old man in the northwestern city of Tabuk and an 88-year-old in Riyadh died of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, bringing to 107 the total deaths since the disease appeared in the kingdom in September 2012, the health ministry said in Riyadh. At the same time, the ministry said 16 new infections nationwide have raised the total number of cases diagnosed to 361, representing the bulk of infections registered globally.