• Women react during the funeral of a victim of the failed July 15 coup attempt in Istanbul. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to purge the “virus” within state bodies, during a speech at the funeral of victims killed during the coup bid he blames on his enemy Fethullah Gulen. Gurcan Ozturk / AFP
    Women react during the funeral of a victim of the failed July 15 coup attempt in Istanbul. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to purge the “virus” within state bodies, during a speech at the funeral of victims killed during the coup bid he blames on his enemy Fethullah Gulen. Gurcan Ozturk / AFP
  • A drug user raises his ink smeared hand after he surrendered to local government officials to take part in a government campaign against drugs in Tanauan Batangas, south of Manila, Philippines. Erik De Castro / Reuters
    A drug user raises his ink smeared hand after he surrendered to local government officials to take part in a government campaign against drugs in Tanauan Batangas, south of Manila, Philippines. Erik De Castro / Reuters
  • View of part of Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra’s huge mural representing the five continents, at the Olympic Boulevard, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Christophe Simon / AFP
    View of part of Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra’s huge mural representing the five continents, at the Olympic Boulevard, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Christophe Simon / AFP
  • Artists of the French pyrotechnic company “Groupe F” perform during the show “A fleur de peau” (On edge) at the Venaria Reale Palace, in Venaria, near Turin. Marco Bertorello / AFP
    Artists of the French pyrotechnic company “Groupe F” perform during the show “A fleur de peau” (On edge) at the Venaria Reale Palace, in Venaria, near Turin. Marco Bertorello / AFP
  • People wave Turkish flags in front of an electronic billboard displaying the face of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a rally on the streets of Kizilay Square in reaction to the failed military coup in Ankara, Turkey. Chris McGrath / Getty Images
    People wave Turkish flags in front of an electronic billboard displaying the face of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a rally on the streets of Kizilay Square in reaction to the failed military coup in Ankara, Turkey. Chris McGrath / Getty Images
  • People watch the flooded Jinsha River at a sightseeing platform of Tiger Leaping Gorge, in Diqing, Yunnan Province, China. Reuters / Stringer
    People watch the flooded Jinsha River at a sightseeing platform of Tiger Leaping Gorge, in Diqing, Yunnan Province, China. Reuters / Stringer
  • SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from Cape Canaveral, as seen from Woodside park in Viera, Florida. Tim Shortt / Florida Today via AP
    SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from Cape Canaveral, as seen from Woodside park in Viera, Florida. Tim Shortt / Florida Today via AP
  • People light candles during the second day of the International Cantoya Festival in Patzcuaro, Michoacan State, Mexico. Enrique Castro / AFP
    People light candles during the second day of the International Cantoya Festival in Patzcuaro, Michoacan State, Mexico. Enrique Castro / AFP
  • JB Mauney, from North Carolina, comes off Checkered Flag during the bullriding rodeo semifinal action at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta. Jeff McIntosh / The Canadian Press via AP
    JB Mauney, from North Carolina, comes off Checkered Flag during the bullriding rodeo semifinal action at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta. Jeff McIntosh / The Canadian Press via AP
  • A Nepalese Hindu priest waits for devotees at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. According to the Nepali calendar, Shravan is considered the holiest month of the year with each Monday of the month known as Shravan Somvar, when worshippers offer prayers for a happy and prosperous life. Prakash Mathema / AFP
    A Nepalese Hindu priest waits for devotees at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. According to the Nepali calendar, Shravan is considered the holiest month of the year with each Monday of the month known as Shravan Somvar, when worshippers offer prayers for a happy and prosperous life. Prakash Mathema / AFP
  • Dancers of Pre-Hispanic traditional dances get ready to set a Guinness Record of “The biggest Ceremonial Dance of the world”, near the Teotihuacan archaeological site, Mexico. Mario Vazquez / AFP
    Dancers of Pre-Hispanic traditional dances get ready to set a Guinness Record of “The biggest Ceremonial Dance of the world”, near the Teotihuacan archaeological site, Mexico. Mario Vazquez / AFP

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World in focus – best photos for July 18, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

July 18, 2016

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A look at the best photos from around the world today.

UAE-based players

Goodlands Riders: Jamshaid Butt, Ali Abid, JD Mahesh, Vibhor Shahi, Faizan Asif, Nadeem Rahim

Rose Hill Warriors: Faraz Sheikh, Ashok Kumar, Thabreez Ali, Janaka Chathuranga, Muzammil Afridi, Ameer Hamza

Your rights as an employee

The government has taken an increasingly tough line against companies that fail to pay employees on time. Three years ago, the Cabinet passed a decree allowing the government to halt the granting of work permits to companies with wage backlogs.

The new measures passed by the Cabinet in 2016 were an update to the Wage Protection System, which is in place to track whether a company pays its employees on time or not.

If wages are 10 days late, the new measures kick in and the company is alerted it is in breach of labour rules. If wages remain unpaid for a total of 16 days, the authorities can cancel work permits, effectively shutting off operations. Fines of up to Dh5,000 per unpaid employee follow after 60 days.

Despite those measures, late payments remain an issue, particularly in the construction sector. Smaller contractors, such as electrical, plumbing and fit-out businesses, often blame the bigger companies that hire them for wages being late.

The authorities have urged employees to report their companies at the labour ministry or Tawafuq service centres — there are 15 in Abu Dhabi.

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