Yemen - Migrant workers without contracts (2012)

Almost all domestic workers work without legal contracts. The political and social unrest has led to affluent families leaving the capital and laying off their foreign domestic workers. Many of those laid off have not received any compensation since they are unable to produce an employment contract as required for them to be entitled to severance pay under Yemeni law. Thousands of migrant workers from Ethiopia have been stranded in Yemen since the protests began.