The Standard 11 May 2017 More than 70 percent of domestic helper recruitment agencies in Hong Kong are charging excessive fees, according to a study by University of Hong Kong students. The investigation found that local agencies are also withholding helpers’ passports to coerce them into paying the debts they are forced to take on. […]
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Arab Times online |8 May 2017 KUWAIT CITY, May 8: Head of the Parliament’s Economic Committee Sa’ad Al-Khanfour announced that the cost for hiring domestic workers will be about KD 400 after the domestic labor recruitment company will officially launch operations on September 1, affirming that the building specified for the company is ready. He
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By Pete Pattisson The Guardian 9 May 2017 Labour rights groups have cast doubt on the impact and scope of proposals by Panasonic and Samsung to address the alleged abuse of foreign migrants in their supply chains in Malaysia. Last November, a Guardian investigation highlighted claims that workers making goods for the global electronics brands
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The women migration from Bangladesh has ballooned by 217 per cent in last five years as some new destinations have been opened up for their overseas earnings, insiders said. The state-owned Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) showed that the migration of the females for the overseas job has swelled to 118,088 in 2016
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