The Star Online | 28 August 2018 Like employers, Bangladeshi workers too have much to gain from this move. The workers and their families have been paying up to RM20,000 to work in Malaysia. These high fees were a result of sub-agents, who recruited the workers, having to pay one of the 10 authorised companies […]
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By Danny Lee South China Morning Post | 11 August 2018 The Labour Department intends to begin publishing blacklists of rogue employment agencies online to help Hong Kong jobseekers, especially domestic helpers, stay clear of unscrupulous operators such as those charging exorbitant fees. The lists, to be updated monthly, will name agencies that fall into
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The Edge TV | 27 August 2018 BEHIND THE STORY: Overhauling the migrant worker industry The migrant worker recruitment process is complicated, the leakages are glaring and the system is badly in need for reforms. Charlotte Chong talks to Esther Lee on whether we can fix this CLICK TO WATCH FULL VIDEO
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The Star | 28 August 2018 PETALING JAYA: The government’s decision to stop using the Foreign Worker Application System (SPPA) will reduce the financial burden on Bangladeshi workers and their families who have been paying up to RM20,000 to work in Malaysia. Recruitment agents both here and in Bangladesh welcomed the decision as they said
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The Star | 27 August 2018 PETALING JAYA: The government will officially stop using the Foreign Worker Application System (SPPA) to hire workers from Bangladesh effective Sept 1. This follows the meeting of the Special Committee on Foreign Worker Management on Aug 14 chaired by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. “Any decision on the
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The Mainichi | 28 August 2018 TOKYO (Kyodo) — As Japan is set to open the door to blue-collar laborers from abroad next April, the government has decided to upgrade the Justice Ministry’s Immigration Bureau into an agency to respond to an expected surge in work, government sources said Monday. The ministry will request 3
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GDN Online | 26 August 2018 INDONESIAN domestic workers, who are defying a ban on working in the GCC, are considered as illegal residents by their own government despite having a valid work visa. Jakarta imposed the ban in 2015 following repeated complaints of abuse by its citizens and the execution of two Indonesian maids
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The Japan News | 25 August 2018 The Justice Ministry has entered into the final stage of coordination on establishing a new agency in April 2019 to deal with an increase in foreign workers, ministry sources said. At the Entry and Status Control Agency (tentative name), an immigration control department and residency management assistance department
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The Independent | 26 August 2018 In a major policy development, the Malaysian government has cancelled the Government-to-Government (G2G) Plus recruitment system in a bid to stop the ‘syndicated monopoly business’ in recruiting migrant workers from Bangladesh. The Mahathir Mohammed led new Malaysian government in an order issued on August 21st cancelled the G2G Plus
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The Daily Star | 27 August 2018 Experts on labour migration and governance have demanded an investigation into the alleged monopoly of a syndicate in recruitment of Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia. They have also called for effective measures to free the sector from corruption as Malaysia has suspended the current recruitment system under the Government
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