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Added by apesphere on 28 Apr 2009
From: www.constructionweekonline.com

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UAE Minister of Labour HE Saqr Ghobash announced yesterday that new minimum standards will be set for all labour camp accommodation in the Emirate.

According to the article from Construction Week, the office of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, will set accommodation standards including "the highest standards that have been established internationally".

The move follows a BBC documentary that highlighted what it alleged were filthy and overcrowded conditions in the camp run for workers of construction firm Arabtec.

Andrew Newton is the author of The Handbook of Compliance: Making Ethics Work in Financial Services