The New Straits Times | 14 August 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: The government is currently in talks with the Nepali government to set up a streamlined foreign worker hiring and supply system. This as the government has suspended the operations of information technology company Bestinet Sdn Bhd that was previously alleged to have milked over RM185 […]
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By: MD Owasim Uddin Bhuyan New Age Bangladesh | 10 August 2018 Over five million smart cards that have been distributed among the outgoing migrant workers by Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training since its commencement in 2010 remain useless after departures of the workers, said officials concerned. Migration experts and migrant rights activists requested
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New Age Bangladesh | 13 August 2018 At least 270 Bangladeshi workers, who paid over Malaysian Ringgit 1.8 million to an agent for securing valid working permits as part of the Immigration Department’s rehiring programme, have claimed that they were duped. One of the victims, Imran Haq Uzzal, has said that he and some of
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Bernama | 11 August 2016 IPOH: The government will announce the new policy on recruitment of foreign workers on Tuesday, Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran said. He said the policy, which will be more systematic, was formulated to ensure that the recruitment of foreign workers would be done in line with market demands. “The new
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An Ethical Recruitment Lead Auditor Course was recently held in Quezon City, Philippines from 30 July to 3 August 2018. The program was organized by Verite South East Asia and Fair Hiring Inc. Migrant Forum in Asia as the lead of the Open Working Group on Labour Migration and Recruitment participated in the program. The
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By Pan Tze-yu and Elizabeth Hsu Focus Taiwan | 7 Aug 2018 Taipei, Aug. 7 (CNA) Taiwan’s National Development Council (NDC) has completed its drafting of a new economic immigration act that targets three categories of foreign talent — professionals, mid-level skilled workers, and Taiwanese expatriates and their offspring. The Cabinet-level council released the draft
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By Reuters | 8 August 2018 LONDON (Reuters) – The number of people recruited for permanent jobs in Britain grew at its slowest pace in nine months in July, reflecting record low unemployment and a shortage of migrant workers from the European Union, a recruiters’ body said on Wednesday. A monthly survey by the Recruitment
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By Rahimi Yunus The Malaysian Reserve | 8 August 2018 The government, following the dispute between Nepali workers and Bestinet Sdn Bhd, is formulating a government-to-government (G2G) approach, which includes axing middlemen involvement in the hiring process of foreign workers. Human Resources (HR) Deputy Minister Datuk Mahfuz Omar (picture) said the government has initiated the
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By: Robin Agustin Free Malaysia Today | 6 August 2018 PETALING JAYA: The country’s largest employer and labour groups have urged the government to stop the outsourcing of foreign worker recruitment processes, which they say have pushed up costs and resulted in abuses. Speaking to FMT, Malaysian Employers Federation executive director Shamsuddin Bardan and Malaysian
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ByL Zoie O’Brien | Mailonline 6 August 2018 Ten thousand people applied for a job picking fruit at UK farms this summer – and two of them were British. Seasonal workers are flocking to farms to make money while the sun shines, yet the physical demand, long hours and often low pay is not enough
