March 2017

South Korea’s permit program swells ranks of foreign workers

NIKKEI Asian Review | March 22, 2017 Percentage of guest talent far outpaces Japan’s TOKYO — In the competition to recruit much-needed foreign talent, South Korea’s work permit program is beating that of Japan’s system. In raw numbers, Japan’s 1.08 million foreign workers edge out South Korea’s 960,000. But South Korea’s population of 50 million

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Lake George, resort areas rely on foreign workers for summer workforce — so what now?

By: John Cropley | March 16, 2017 The Daily Gazette A key federal program to admit foreign workers to the United States reached its quota this week, leading Lake George and resort areas nationwide to hope there will be enough seasonal workers to run their tourism industries. SUNY Adirondack hosted a job fair Wednesday and

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Bangladesh: 90% male migrant workers victims of corruption in 2016: TIB

Star Online Report Around 90 percent male migrant workers fell victim of corruption in 2016, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) said today. “Destination country’s employers and recruiting agents with Bangladesh recruiting agents deal with the buying and selling of Visas,” TIB Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman alleged while replying to a query at a programme held at

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