Media article that involves law and business

Instructions:
 Choose a media article in English that involves law and business
 The article can be related to Qatar or any other GCC country but can also
relate to any other part of the world
 The article should be from 2015
 Your report should explain how law is related to business in this article
 Submit a copy of the full original article with your report
 Attach a copy of the coversheet to your report
 Sign the coversheet
 This assessment is to be completed individually
 This assessment is to be completed in English only

Sample Report:

This article discusses the new Labor Law in Saudi Arabia. The article targets an
audience seeking to know more about recent changes to the labor laws of Saudi
Arabia.
The article discusses how the new law will affect private businesses in Saudi Arabia.
The changes that the new law introduces include limiting the working hours of
employees to 12 hours per day and giving employees a 30-minute break every 5
hours. Payment for workers under the new law is to be weekly.
Other changes that the new law introduces include greater paid compassionate
leave for Muslim women who lose a husband. The widow will now receive 4 months
and 10 days leave as opposed to the old system where she would receive only 15
days leave. Men in the same situation will receive 5 days paid leave.
The news report discussed the policy of ‘Saudisation’. Saudisation is a government
policy seeking to include greater numbers of Saudi nationals in the workforce. The
new law enhances Saudisation by requiring employers to provide training courses
to Saudi national who complete their studies abroad.
The article appears on a website called ‘Out-law.com’. Pinset Mason publishes the
website. It is a law firm specializing in law in GCC countries. A quote in the article is
from one of the senior associate lawyers from this law firm, Mr Luke Tapp.
The article does not state when the new law will be effective or which organizations
exactly will be subject to the new law. It does mention private sector employers
but there is no mention of whether these employers are large or small and whether
the number of employees will determine if the law applies to that employer.

Article (07 Oct 2015):
Saudi Arabia introduces new employment laws
Private sector employees in Saudi Arabia will now be banned from working for more than 12
hours a day, according to local news reports.
An employee must also be given a 30 minute break every five hours, under the new employment
rules that come into force this week, Arab News said.
Daily workers should be paid once a week, under the new rules, while those who work on a
freelance basis for a minimum of two weeks should be paid part of their wages at the beginning
of the work week, and the rest when the work is complete, Arab News said.
A worker is entitled to five days leave on full pay if his wife, ascendant or descendant dies, or if
he gets married. An employer is entitled to ask for documentation to prove these events, Arab
News said.