BRITAIN: JUDICIARY RULES IN FAVOR OF COMPENSATING HAJ EMPLOYEE.(Brief Article)

From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database | Date: January 20, 2005 | Copyright information

According to IINA, a British court has rule that compensation to the tune of Sterling Pounds 10,000 be given to Muhammad Khan, who was dismissed by the company he was working for after he had absented himself for five weeks, for the purpose of traveling to Saudi Arabia for the performance of the Haj. This is the first ...

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