December 2018

B.C. introduces bill that gives greater protections to temporary foreign workers

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Pique News | 1 November 2018 The province has introduced a new bill that will give temporary foreign workers in B.C. greater protection against abuses, according to an announcement last week. If passed in the legislature, the B.C. government will create two registries aimed at protecting the rights of employees who come to the province […]

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Recruitment in Malaysia: ‘Monopoly’ was mostly KL’s doing

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The Daily Star | 1 November 2018 The previous Najib Razak-led Malaysian government had created the manpower syndicate which “monopolised” the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers in the Southeast Asian country, according to officials and documents obtained by The Daily Star. Following the Andaman boat crisis in 2015, Malaysia’s then home minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said

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Abe’s party backs foreign-worker plan, with promise of review

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Nikkei Asian Review | 31 October 2018 TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling party on Tuesday endorsed a controversial visa program to admit more foreign workers, but only on the condition of reviewing the system within a few years, reflecting lingering misgivings within the party. The Liberal Democratic Party’s General Council approved plans

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Migrants claim recruiters lured them into forced labour at top Qatar hotel

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The Guardian | 29 October 2018 The Guardian has found evidence that hotel staff in the world’s richest country are paid below the minimum wage for enduring long shifts in intense heat The Marsa Malaz Kempinski hotel rises like a fairytale palace from a manmade island on an exclusive stretch of Qatar’s coastline. Even by

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Nepal and Malaysia sign labour pact

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Kathmandu Post | 29 October 2018 Nepal on Monday signed a labour agreement with Malaysia, the most preferred job destination for Nepali migrant workers, in Kathmandu. Nepali Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security Gokarna Bista and Malaysian Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Recruitment, Employment, and Repatriation

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