At least 50 passengers were sent back to Cairo after being turned away on arriving at Tripoli International Airport because their visas were invalid, reports Quryna, with a similar incident taking place recently in Kufra.

Mohamed Sualim estimates that around 37% of the unemployed population are university graduates, and calls for more vocational training.

The General Union of Libyan Oil and Gas Workers plans to hold a demonstration outside the national assembly building on 2 September to demand better security for oil facilities and their employees.

An official has been quoted as saying that the ministry may "ban" Bangladeshi workers from entering the country, with fears in some quarters that numbers were rising too quickly.

The government has announced detailed plans for compensating those injured or disabled in the 2011 conflict.

Libya has reportedly blocked several thousand Egyptian nationals from re-entering the country after the Eid holiday.

The Ministry of Labour said it knows nothing about a labour agreement purportedly signed by the Libyan embassy in Sanaa.

The Ministry of Labour and Retraining has again extended a deadline for unregistered workers to formalise their status in the country.

Employees of the state company responsible for rubbish collection in the capital have held a protest to demand more funding and better working conditions.

Unregistered foreign workers in Libya have until 6 July to regularise their situation or be deported to their home countries, says the Ministry of Labour.

The two countries have agreed to set up an electronic database of Tunisian workers seeking employment in Libya.

Employees of the state-owned bank have held a strike to demand higher salaries and quicker management changes.

The two countries aim to set up a database to regulate the flow of Egyptian workers travelling to Libya, according to reports in the Egyptian press.

Murzuq-based employees of the government body assigned to protect energy facilities say that they have not been paid for almost a year, and threaten to hold a sit-in at the Elephant oil field.

A group of employees from the General Authority for Privatisation and Investment Promotion closed the agency's offices last week, asking that the chairman withdraw his recent resignation.