Qatar Enacts Minimum Wage, Worker Reforms as World Cup Nears
- Qatar first in Gulf to introduce minimum wage for all workers
- Reforms are intended to dismantle ‘kafala’ sponsorship system
Foreign laborers working on the construction site of the al-Wakrah World Cup stadium.
Photographer: Marwan Naaman/AFP via Getty Images
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Qatar announced new labor-market reforms as it seeks to quell criticism around treatment of migrant workers in the lead-up to the 2022 soccer World Cup.