Free Malaysia Today | 24 September 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign workers will pay 80% of the annual RM10,000 levy, with employers bearing the remaining 20%, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng announced today. Since 1992, levy payments for foreign workers had been implemented by the government and fully borne by the workers. But on March 25, […]
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Irrawady |24 September 2018 Myanmar yesterday opened a “one-stop” office in southern Thailand’s Ranong province to facilitate the recruitment of Myanmar migrant workers by Thai fishing companies and to provide any assistance the workers may need, according to migrant labor advocacy groups in Thailand. The office will handle Thai visa renewals for workers so they
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Obrero (worker) is a film about Filipino construction workers temporarily migrating to Christchurch, New Zealand for the earthquake rebuild. The project is comprised of three media formats: the documentary film, the interactive documentary (i-doc), and a social media page. Aside from using multiple platforms, Obrero also employs a transjournalistic mode of representation, expanding the reportage
Times of Oman | 22 September 2018 “We have nearly 20,000 Nepalis in Oman, most of whom are blue-collar workers. I can see a lot of opportunities for Nepalis here, as the Sultanate provides favourable working and living conditions for expatriates. Also, Nepalis are being welcomed by most of the companies and people in Oman
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Singapore Business Review | 21 September 2018 Faced with an ageing population and a crunch in high-tech workers, Singapore is still on the lookout for foreign talent to deal with software programming whilst the city-state is still improving its education system to cope with future demands, Bloomberg reported. Education minister Ong Ye Kung thinks that
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New Age Bangladesh | 18 September 2018 Officials of Bangladesh and Malaysia would meet in Kuala Lumpur on September 25 to work out a new method of recruitment of workers. Acting secretary of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry Ahmed Munirus Saleheen would lead the Bangladesh team at the talks. The Bangladesh team would include
MENAFN | 21 September 2018 (MENAFN – Asia Times) An alleged illegal recruiter has been arrested in Manila for withholding a Filipino migrant worker’s passport in exchange for money. Migrant worker Rosemarie Rodil said she sought help from the Manila Police’s General Assignment and Investigation Section to retrieve her passport from her former recruitment agency,
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The Hindu | 22 September 2018 Noticing an increase in the number of complaints related to the illegal overseas recruitment made by unauthorised recruitment agents, the police have started a checking drive in the district to verify the registration details of suspicious firms and recruitments they have made without following the guidelines of the Protector
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The Guardian 18 September 2018 Business leaders reject need for income threshold, saying workers are needed at all levels. Business leaders have lined up to criticise the government’s migration advisory committee (MAC) after it proposed an “ignorant and elitist” ban on foreign workers earning less than £30,000 a year from obtaining visas to work in
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Ghana Web | 18 September 2018 The Coalition of Licensed Labour Migration Agencies, returnee migrants, laid off workers and some unemployed youth groups will this morning [Tuesday] embark on a demonstration to register their displeasure at government’s continuous ban on labour migration to the Gulf States. The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations Ignatius Baffour
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