title: Decree No. 88-53 relating to the recruitment of foreign workers by industrial enterprises producing only goods for export, 9 January 1988.
abstract: This Decree provides that enterprises producing only goods for export may hire only four foreign workers for training and supervisory positions.  Information about foreigners so hired must be presented to the Minister of Social Affairs within a month of hiring.  Enterprises wanting to hire more than four foreigners in training and supervisory positions must, before hiring, obtain the Minister's approval of a program of hiring and "Tunisification."  The program must include, among other things, a description of the positions and the date at which foreigners in such positions are to be replaced by Tunisians.  The Minister is to approve or reject the program within a month of its submission.  Existing enterprises are required to conform to the provisions of this Decree within three months of its date of publication.
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D000352:Africa, Northern; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008877:Middle East; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014416:Tunisia
keywords: Africa; Arab Countries; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Foreigners--legal aspects; French Speaking Africa; Labor Migration--legal aspects; Legislation; Mediterranean Countries; Migration; Nationality; Northern Africa; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Tunisia