UAE recalls ambassador over work exploitation case

An ambassador at the centre of a worker exploitation case which resulted in an Employment Appeals Tribunal hearing last week has been recalled.

It has emerged that Ambassador Khalid Nasser Rashid Lootah has been recalled to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates following the controversy, in which three Filipino women said they had worked 15 hours a day, seven days a week, for as little as €170 per month.

At a tribunal hearing last week, the panel chairman said the conditions in which the women had been working were “appalling”.