Times of Oman | 7 October 2018 Muscat: Employers recruiting expats from overseas must obtain a permit from the Ministry of Manpower (MoM) in order to legally employ them, under the current laws of Oman. Moreover, expats seeking jobs in the Sultanate must abide by the rules and regulations mentioned in the Labour Act of […]
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Nepali Sansar | 8 October 2018 In a move addressing Nepali migrants concerns, various stakeholders pertaining to human rights have urged the Government of Nepal to implement the National Human Right Commission (NHRC) recommendations. NHRC has recently recommended to the government, a 16-point document for effective management of foreign employment sector and address malpractices in
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Sunstar | 8 October 2018 THE Office of the Cebu City Prosecutor indicted a woman from Tacloban, Leyte who allegedly duped four job applicants in Cebu into bogus employment abroad. Prosecutor Rogelio del Prado found evidence to charge Rosel Basconcillo with illegal recruitment in large scale before the Regional Trial Court. “Evidence offered by the
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Malay Mail | 6 October 2018 IPOH, Oct 6 ― Employers looking to avoid paying the levy to extend skilled foreign workers must wait up to six months to rehire those they send home, said Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran. “There will be a ‘cooling period’ and employers need to wait for three to six
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The Vancouver Sun | 10 October 2018 The B.C. government is establishing a registry for migrant workers designed to protect them from exploitation by employers and recruiting agents. “Temporary foreign workers are vulnerable to abuse in the workplace, and it can be difficult for them to get help,” said B.C. Labour Minister Harry Bains in
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Arabian Business | 4 October 2018 A new low-cost hiring insurance system, which removes the mandatory AED3,000 bank deposit for new employee hires, and replaced by a AED60 fee, will be implemented across the UAE starting on October 14, according to the country’s labour ministry. The scheme’s main objective is to ease the process of
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Channel News Asia | 4 October 2018 YANGON, Myanmar: A “mafia” of recruitment agents is trapping Myanmar migrants to Thailand in debt bondage despite a 2017 law meant to fight exploitation in the kingdom’s notoriously shadowy job market, activists and workers say. Migrant labour – much of it from Myanmar – has propped up Thailand’s
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The ASEAN Post | 5 October 2018 A “mafia” of recruitment agents is trapping Myanmar migrants to Thailand in debt bondage despite a 2017 law meant to fight exploitation in the kingdom’s notoriously shadowy job market, activists and workers say. Migrant labour – much of it from Myanmar – has propped up Thailand’s economy for
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The Straits Timnes | 4 October 2018 SINGAPORE – Employment agency SRC Recruitment and one of its staff were on Thursday (Oct 4) slapped with 243 charges for “selling” maids on online marketplace Carousell. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in a statement that the advertisements were placed between Sept 1 and 17, and had
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Channel News Asia | 4 October 2018 SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Thursday (Oct 4) prosecuted SRC Recruitment and one of its Employment Agency (EA) employees, Erleena Mohd Ali, for “insensitive advertising” of foreign domestic workers (FDWs). SRC and Mdm Erleena face a combined 243 charges for an array of wrongdoing, which includes
