Qatar Airways Requiring Female Employees to Get Permission Before Marrying


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Taking a cue from a more traditional era, Qatar Airways has a set of strict standards for female employees. The airline is currently under fire for not allowing employees to enjoy basic labor rights.

Female employees are not only required to get permission before marrying, they can also be terminated at will when notifying superiors that they’re pregnant.

More than 90 percent of the airlines employees are non-UAE/Qatari nationals. Read more on the story from BuzzFeed.

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