The Edge Malaysia | 6 September 2018 According to a source, an agent who previously brought in foreign labour, it is “quite lucrative”, particularly for Bangladeshi workers. “Bangladeshi workers usually need to prepare around RM20,000 to start the process to get employed in Malaysia. Out of that, we get RM2,500 to RM3,000 for each worker […]
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The Guardian | 6 September 2018 A law change that will allow the majority of migrant workers to leave Qatar without permission from their employers has been heralded by campaigners as a landmark in the battle against labour abuses in the build-up to the next World Cup. The reforms are a “step towards fundamental rights
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The Edge Weekly | 6 September 2018 It is an open secret that the foreign worker recruitment process is complex. Its complexity has eluded researchers trying to pin down the exact amount of money that is involved in the entire process. “The recruitment chain is long and complex, deliberately so, because the longer and more
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New Age Bangladesh | 7 September The Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training officials on Thursday stressed the need to bring middlemen and brokers involved with the process of recruitment of workers for overseas jobs under the legal framework. Speaking at a ‘Coordination Meeting between BMET and the WARBE Development Foundation at BMET’s conference room
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The Himalayan | 5 September 2018 As a result of mismanagement of services being provided to foreign migrant workers, the government has said it will integrate all systems and statistics related to foreign employment service in country. According to the ministry, the system will have a software, which can be accessed by all concerned with
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The Courier | 5 September 2018 Desperate farmers will be able to bring in workers from outside the EU under a trial migrant scheme expected to be announced this week. The Courier understands the trial will allow fruit and vegetable farmers to employ migrant workers for a maximum of six months before they must return
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Human Rights Watch |6 September 2018 (Beirut) – The bill that Qatar’s emir signed on September 4, 2018 now allows foreign workers the right to leave the country but excludes several key groups of workers and falls short of Qatar’s reform pledges over the last year, Human Rights Watch said today. Qatar, which is hosting
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Al Jazeera | 5 September 2018 Doha, Qatar – Qatar’s amendment to the residency law to allow most migrant workers to leave the country without an exit visa has been welcomed as a “huge step” by the International Organization for Labour (ILO). With this new law, migrant workers covered by the Labour Code would be
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Nikkei Asian Review | 5 September 2018 TOKYO — The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has proposed to the national government that foreign housekeepers be allowed to work five years in Japan, up from the current three years. Tokyo authorities believe this change would enhance the work environment of housekeepers from abroad and attract more of them
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New Age Bangladesh | 5 September 2018 The government has adopted the guidelines for sending workers to Lebanon.The three-page guides made it mandatory for local recruiting agencies to select the workers registered with the database of the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training. Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry officials told New Age that the
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