...[A]s the blockade closes on its second month, the effects are increasingly felt by migrants in the hospitality, construction and shipping industries. Employees in these sectors have been asked to go on unpaid 'long leave' for two to three months, in addition to their standard 30 days of paid annual leave...Some popular five-star hotels have asked several employees to take additional leave due to lack of business..."Most of our restaurant staff and others have been sent on long leave. Some are sent on three months, others on four months of extra leave. But they won't pay for this additional leave..."[W]e are not sure if will be called back to work or the hotel will extend the leave," said Leela, an employee of a five-star hotel...As the majority of construction materials are imported from neighbouring countries or brought in by land through those borders, this sector has also slowed down and some employees currently on annual leave have been asked to not come back for another two months...according to a quantity surveyor at a construction company. Similarly, employees of some shipping agents have been asked to take at least four months unpaid leave due to lack of work...The General Manager of a leading Doha hotel...said business has been affected drastically by the blockade...However, he denied that workers were forced to go on extended leave...Many companies, including this hotel, have asked workers who had gone on summer vacation to not return on schedule and extend their leave by some weeks...He added that he didn’t expect to see a recovery until well after summer, even if the blockade were to end soon.