By YUTA SHIMAMOTO Nikkei Asian Review | 24 August 2018 TOKYO — The Japanese government will expand its staff charged with monitoring working conditions for foreign workers to ensure that employers are in legal compliance as the nation prepares to open its doors to unskilled labor. The labor ministry’s inspection staff will be increased from […]
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By: Ellen Wulfhorst Reuters | August 2018 NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Young women recruited to the United States to care for children fall victim to wage theft, abuse and even human trafficking, according to a report published on Monday that called for legal changes to help protect au pairs. The report called for
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The Japan News | 20 August 2018 The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry plans to assist small and midsize manufacturers in the recruitment of foreign workers, as the range of eligible foreigners able to work in Japan will be expanded starting in April 2019 at the earliest. By making it easier for firms to hire
Every year, tens of thousands of internationally recruited au pairs come to the United States with the promise of a cultural exchange under the J-1 visa program. Instead, many encounter wage theft, discrimination and exploitation. “Shortchanged The Big Business Behind the Low Wage J-1 Au Pair Program” debunks the myth that the poorly regulated au
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Kathmandu Post | 21 August 2018 Aug 21, 2018- A new labour agreement proposed by the Malaysian government says employers will bear the cost of hiring Nepalis to work in Malaysia. The new recruitment modality comes nearly three months after Nepal barred its citizens from going to Malaysia citing their financial burden in the pre-departure
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Japan Times | 20 August 2018 Most companies support loosening the country’s tight immigration system to cope with a severe labor shortage, but they favor skilled workers who can fit into the workplace, not an influx of unskilled laborers, a poll shows. The government in June unveiled plans to allow five-year work permits for foreigners
Free Malaysia Today | 20 August 2018 PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) today called for more transparency in the health screening for foreign workers, saying any directive for the implementation of digital X-rays must come from the health ministry. In a statement, it said there was currently a lack of transparency in the
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whatsoninvers.nz | 15 August 2018 New Zealand — Alliance Group’s plan to recruit 100 overseas workers is a necessary move and representative of Southland’s increasing labour-force shortages, Southland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Sheree Carey says. The Alliance plan and other migrant recruitment underway would be necessary for the region to achieve the Southland Regional
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