September 2018

Advisers to bolster aid for foreign workers with new residential status

The Nation | 28 September 2018 The labor ministry plans to enhance the consultation and advice systems available to companies that hire foreign workers who come to Japan under a new residential status expected to be introduced next fiscal year. The centerpiece of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry’s plan is the stationing of about

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Japan may open over 10 industries to foreign workers with new residency status: Suga

The Mainichi | 26 September 2018 TOKYO — Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Sept. 26 that the government will consider opening up more than 10 industries to foreign workers with a new five-year residency status to be introduced in April next year. “More than 10 industries will face serious trouble without foreign workers,” Suga

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Labour Hiring in Malaysia: All licensed agencies can now operate

The Daily Star | 25 September 2018 Bangladesh and Malaysia yesterday decided to allow all licensed recruiting agencies of Bangladesh to send workers to the Southeast Asian country, following allegations of a syndicate of 10 agents monopolising labour recruitment since early 2017. The decision came in a meeting between Bangladesh Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Nurul Islam

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Japanese government to mull new work visa to help more labor-hungry professions: top government spokesman

Japan Times | 26 April 2018 The government is mulling an update to the nation’s visa system in order to accept more foreign workers in a growing number of professions facing manpower shortages, including those that serve the labor-hungry restaurant and fisheries industries, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday. As Japan grapples with an

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Employers to bear full RM10k cost of migrant worker levies

Malaysiakini | 25 September 2018 The government has decided to retain the previous levy payment structure for migrant workers, with employers bearing the full cost. Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the decision was made following complaints from migrant workers and trade unions which, according to a report in a Chinese-language newspaper today, said they

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Migrant workers need fair recruitment, access to justice, decent work

New Age Bangladesh | 25 September 2018 Migrant rights campaigners and trade union leaders on Monday called for addressing the key issues of fair and ethical recruitment, consular support in crisis, access to justice, support service and welfare protection as well as decent work when the UN Global Forum on Migration and Development adopts the

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