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Nepalis need not spend a single penny to work in Qatar soon, assures Minister

Online Khabar | 15 August 2018 Kathmandu – Minister for Labour, Employment and Parliamentary Affairs Gokarna Bista says the government is holding negotiations with the Qatari government to make sure that Nepali migrant workers need not spend a single penny to go to the Gulf country for job. The Minister’s response comes at the time […]

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New law will bar recruitment companies from mobilising individual agents

Online Khabar | 17 August 2018 Kathmandu – The government is preparing to amend the existing foreign employment law, which will effectively restrict rights of recruitment companies and protect aspiring migrant workers’ rights. The government is currently mulling over the bill to amend the existing Foreign Employment Act. If the Federal Parliament endorses the bill

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Bangladesh Welcomes Malaysian Effort to Open Foreign Worker Hiring Process

By Sharif Khiam and Ali Nufael Benar News | 15 August 2018 Bangladesh has welcomed Malaysia’s decision to end a monopoly on recruitment of workers from the South Asian nation, saying the new measure would cut costs and allow fair competition. Ahmed M. Saleheen, the head of the foreign employment wing of the Bangladesh Ministry

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Fishing for migrant labour with MoUs

By: Penchan Charoensuthipan Bangkok Post | 18 August 2018 Myanmar has expressed an interest in sending 42,000 workers to fill vacancies in the commercial fishing sector, according to Labour Minister Pol Gen Adul Sangsingkeo. If the deal is signed, these workers, largely from coastal areas including Myeik and Kawthong, will be brought in under a

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TEKAM wants to partner government on foreign worker hiring

Human Resources Online | 20 August 2018 The Malaysian Association of Suppliers and Employees Management of Foreign Workers (TEKAM) expressed interest on partnering the government in finding a solution and supplement its efforts in the recruitment of foreign workers into the country. Set up in 2006, TEKAM has 149 outsourcing companies as members. However, since

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Japan eyes accepting more caregivers from 3 Asian nations

The Mainichi | 19 August 2018 TOKYO — Japan is planning to accept a greater number of caregivers from three Southeastern Asian countries having bilateral free trade agreements with Tokyo as part of efforts to address a labor shortage in the country, sources familiar with the matter said Sunday. By easing some restrictions on the

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Immigration Dept busts fake rehiring group

The Star | 15 August 2018 PUTRAJAYA: A syndicate fraudulently running the Immigration Department’s rehiring programme has been busted, after earning some RM2.2mil in profit. “The syndicate has been operating through a company called Growing Global Multiple Business Sdn Bhd, which is registered as a travel agency. “The company offered rehiring services to foreign workers,

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One system to hire them all

By Rahimy Rahim The Star 15 Aug 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: The government will create a single system to hire foreign workers without differentiating the source country, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. “Bangladesh, Nepal or others; they will use the same system,” the Prime Minister said at a press conference after chairing a meeting on foreign

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