March 2016

Lanka, Saudi Arabia ink e-hiring system for migrant workers recruitment

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22 March 2016, Business Standard Sri Lanka and Saudi Arabia have inked an agreement to set up an electronic system that would streamline recruitment from the island nation. Saudi Deputy Labor Minister for Customer and Labor Relations Ziad Al-Sayegh has said the agreement was recently signed in Colombo during the bi-annual joint technical committee meeting […]

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Qatar lauded for change in workers’ living conditions

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20 March 2016, Trade Arabia There has been a significant improvement in the migrant workers’ living conditions and also their rights in Qatar following a critical report from the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) tripartite inspection commission three years ago. Two assessments – a report of the ILO tripartite inspection commission and a leagal assessment from

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17% of Hong Kong’s Domestic Workers Are Engaged in Forced Labor, Study Says

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15 March 2016, The Wall Street Journal The plight of domestic workers in Hong Kong has made headlines in recent years after several high-profile cases in which employers had beat and tortured their helpers. A new study shows that, far from being isolated cases, instances of abuse are more routine and widespread than previously suspected.

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Malaysia bans recruitment of foreign workers, but maids sector exempted

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13 March 2016, InterAksyon Malaysia has banned the recruitment of new foreign workers after widespread criticism of its decision to bring in 1.5 million Bangladeshis to work in the country, a move that may also affect Indian laborers. “There will not be one, let alone 1.5 million new foreign workers coming into our country,” Deputy

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SoKor increases labor quota for OFWs

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11 March 2016, Philippine Information Agency More overseas Filipino workers will have the chance of finding employment opportunities as South Korea’s manufacturing sector increased its quota under the Employment Permit System (EPS) this year.   Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz said she received a letter from Choi Junha, Director of the Foreign Workforce Division

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RECRUITING ‘MAIDS’ ON SOCIAL MEDIA TAKES ON MONOPOLY OF AGENCIES IN THE GULF; WORKERS MORE VULNERABLE TO EXPLOITATION

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7 March 2016, Migrant Rights Social media platforms, especially Facebook pages and groups, have now become marketplaces to subvert the role of recruitment agencies for hiring a domestic worker. These groups are country specific, but also provide cross-border recruitment, bypassing certain moratoriums in place throughout the GCC. These groups and pages demonstrate that bans do little

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Work in progress

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4 March 2016, Nepali Times A hidden army of millions of labourers from India, Pakistan, Philippines, Bangladesh, Nepal and other Asian countries construct and maintain the gleaming skyscrapers, sprawling shopping malls, roads, hotels, sports facilities in Dubai – a city that has erupted on the shores of the Arabian desert. This is one of the

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Malaysia to grant five-year visas to foreign workers

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4 March 2016, Mynmar Times While Malaysia continues to maintain its moratorium on receiving any further foreign workers, the country is attempting to regularise the status of those already within the country’s borders. Malaysia announced it will be working with countries of origin to grant five-year visas to eligible workers. U Sein Oo, a director general

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