By Yu Hsiao-han and Kuan-lin Liu Focus Taiwan Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) The Workforce Development Agency (WDA) on Thursday issued a report that found nearly 80,000 re-hired migrant workers have so far benefited from a law that went into effect last November ... read more
6 July 2016, China Post Six major migrant recruitment agencies protested outside the Legislative Yuan Tuesday morning against an amendment that would cancel requirements for migrants to leave Taiwan every three years, which the agencies claim will cost Ta... read more
International Labour Organisation, 2016 There are different types of practices to support better recruitment of migrant workers. They generally vary according to context, regulation, stakeholders and the type of organisation or system that is used to orga... read more
22 May 2016, Saudi Gazette The Ministry of Labor and Social Development has announced that the recruitment of Indonesian domestic workers takes a maximum of one month after the issuance of the visa. This was announced after the ministry signed an agreemen... read more
15 February 2016, Dhaka Tribune Malaysia has begun to register undocumented labourers today, including those from Bangladesh, with less than a week to go before Bangladesh and Malaysia finalise a new labour deal. The issue of importing Bangladeshi workers... read more
29 January 2016, Open Democracy Labour migrants, like all of us, are complex human beings who make difficult choices regarding their available options, yet strategies to end trafficking and coercive migrant labour practices rarely take migrant agency into... read more
16 January 2016, Kuensel Online Despite several complaints against overseas employment agents, the labour ministry says the agents have improved their service delivery over the years. The initiative of finding jobs overseas was new, and agents need time t... read more
Jennifer Gordon, Solidarity Center, 2015 SUMMARY “I contend that a key goal of efforts to regulate recruitment should be to reshape the incentives of the entities at the top of the product or service supply chain, so that in turn they become the for... read more
13 April 2015, The Philippine Star More Filipinos are seeking employment overseas due to age discrimination in the country, according to a migrant workers’ rights advocate. Susan Ople, head of the Ople Policy Center, said many companies are reluctant to... read more
20 January 2015, Arab News The Council of Ministers, chaired by Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, on Monday authorized Labor Minister Adel Fakeih to sign agreements with labor-exporting countries for the recruitment of foreign w... read more