The dimension of worker employment in this World Bank survey measures the flexibility of labor regulations, and is summarized in the fifth column in the table below. It examines the difficulty of hiring a new worker, rigidity of rules on expanding or contracting working hours, the non-salary costs of hiring a worker, and the difficulties and costs involved in dismissing a redundant worker.
| Economy | Ease of Doing Business Rank | Starting a Business | Dealing with Licenses | Employing Workers | Registering Property | Getting Credit |
| Kuwait | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Jordan | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
| Lebanon | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Oman | 4 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| Yemen | 9 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Israel | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 1 |
| Syria | 14 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Tunisia | 7 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| Algeria | 11 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 9 |
| West Bank and Gaza | 13 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 |
| Iraq | 15 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 14 |
| Djibouti | 16 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 9 |
| Iran | 12 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 3 |
| Egypt | 17 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 17 |
| Morocco | 10 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 14 |
Source: Doing Business: Economic Rankings, 2007
More information on the following subdimensions of worker employment is available. They include:
- Difficulty of hiring a new worker (Difficulty of Hiring Index),
- Restrictions on expanding or contracting the number of working hours (Rigidity of Hours Index),
- Difficulty and expense of dismissing a redundant worker (Difficulty of Firing),
- An average of the three indices (Rigidity of Employment Index), and
- Cost of a redundant worker, expressed in weeks of wages (Firing Costs).
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Posted on March 4, 2007
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