By DIANA AL-JASSEM & NADEEM AL-HAMID | ARAB NEWS
Long working hours, customers’ rudeness fail to deter sales ladies
Despite the growing numbers of women working in lingerie and cosmetic shops, some saleswomen are still facing peer pressure.
With the shops trying to train and appoint women salespersons and shop assistants during the Labor Ministry mandated grace period the businesses are still facing a shortage of trained female personnel. The reasons vary.
The ministry has given a grace period of six months to feminize lingerie shops and 12 months to feminize shops selling cosmetics along with other goods.
Despite initial hiccups — lack of trained personnel, long working hours, transportation issues and overcoming social taboos — the ministry is viewing the change as positive.
Assistant Undersecretary for Development at the Ministry of Labor Fahd Al-Takhaifi confirmed that the ministry aims to achieve total feminization of the lingerie and cosmetic shops and boosting economy.
“The order created a suitable environment for women to work comfortably besides boosting the nationalization of jobs. It helps economic progress because it is instrumental in generating a large number of jobs for women,” he told Arab News.
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