قوى الامن توقف رجلاً وامرأة في الكورة بجرم اغتصاب عاملة أثيوبية

Charbel Nahhas tried, he wanted to merge foreign and local labor laws (giving foreign workers the same rights as local ones) but he got inflamed attacks by the "good thinking" society. i remember a particularly vicious attack by l'orientlejour

maid wages are not the issue here. It is supply and demand and the cost of living in their original countries. It is a social issue first and foremost, examples of which can be seen on this forum.

pajama boy
why should they work 7 days/week? they are humans and need time off
don't you think this is exploitation and modern slavery at best?

Good point @coolmec I agree with u 100%. But it has to be done gradually, keeping in mind a lot of businesses here can't afford to pay a minimum wage, this country mainly runs on cheap labor... Hence all the corruption, which in fact supplements their pay.

Yea it's scary man. U have an "outsiders perception", I think most ppl here have just gotten used to it.

I agree with you Southern. Employers here specially for domestic workers tend to abuse that person there should be laws to protect the victims and at the same time hire Lebanese.
You mean to tell me that you want a foreign maid at 150 even though you know it is hurting our economy and also seeing domestic workers in such a hi number. These female are fucking Lebanese getting pregnant and dumping half Lebanese bastards in our society. Do you see the magnitude of the problem? or its ok all that as long as you only pay 150/month regardless ot its consequences

also how can you expect a Lebanese family to live on 150/month?
Lebanese have a higher standard we must pay them an amount for them to be able to support their families. do you expect them to live on bread and a can of sardine all day?
or say fuck the country bring in a foreign worker and exploit the shit out of her.
For your info I have a Lebanese maid and will never hire a foreigner out of principles I stated in my comments

Southern
you can't bring in people to carry certain tasks? Dude get real working is not an embarrassment
Work is not a shame just pay what its worth
this is a moot argument my friend

I think southern is saying we need to also do something about the way employers treat employees.

The problem is that nothing here is regulated. It's a pure capitalist society. Big fish eat small fish. We value thievery as a strength, and celebrate liars as "shatreen". It's a stupid, stupid place man.

We teach our kids to leave. Only to make enough money to come back and show off. We see our selves as superior to Asians/Africans, but inferior to Europeans!

But all in all, we have great potential to be a great people. It's quite sad.

southern
I agree that laws must be instituted to protect the rights of foreign workers but that should be done simultaneously with laws increasing wages to encourage Lebanese to work.
For example I would much rather see students working part time at fahed or spinneys bagging the customers food. They need the money to live and maintain their schooling
is it a shame if a worker is a student??
so as I said we need to change the society's mentality on work ethics

also I was at a hospital yesterday visiting a friend I asked the soudanese who works there he makes $900/month for cleaning the hospital rooms.
If a Lebanese thinks he is above that then the country is doomed

cityboy
hummm donno about that as it would be infringing on the citizens style. I feel it would be better to create laws inclusive of min wages and humane laws for said workers while encouraging Lebanese to be hired.
Another major concern is the huge foreign domestic workers in Lebanon coupled with the Syrian refugees present a grave threat to the Lebanese entity

coolmec, I agree that more restrictions need to be placed on the number of foreign workers coming to Lebanon. The proportion to Lebanon's population and economy does not warrant the numbers. It is great that citizens style needs to be respected but at what cost to society. It is high time that the government made policies or taxed in ways to socially engineer the behavior of Lebanese society. Unique measures can be implemented also to curb traffic, pollution, and other environmental and social issues in Lebanon.

all we can do is hope coolmec. just like boiling pot, something has to give eventually. lets hope people and government begin to make the changes needed.