Kathmandu Post | 15 August 2018 Aug 15, 2018-Malaysia on Tuesday said government-to-government (G2G) system would bring migrant workers from Nepal. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said the government would soon sign the MoU with Nepal to resolve foreign workers’ issue. CLICK TO READ FULL ARTICLE
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By Sharif Khiam and Ali Nufael Benar News | 16 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. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been reviewing policies of the previous government since taking
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By: Elan Perumal and Clarissa Chung The Star | 16 August 2018 PETALING JAYA: Several source countries which do not employ third-party agencies for their foreign worker recruitment process are unclear about how the single hiring system would affect them. Philippines Embassy labour attache Elizabeth Marie Estrada said it is the Philippines government which accredits
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The Daily Star 16 August 2018 Malaysia considers allowing all the licensed agents to help Bangladeshi workers get jobs in the Southeast Asian country. The plan comes after the new Malaysian government in late June suspended a syndicate of 10 Bangladeshi agents, all authorised in 2016, for alleged irregularities in manpower recruitment process. Malaysian Prime
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The domestic work sector in the Middle East is constantly evolving. No longer are domestic workers employed only to clean homes – modern households are increasingly expecting domestic workers to support the care of children during critical stages of development, aid the elderly to live with increased autonomy, and assist in chores and household management.
Borneo Post | 15 August 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: An independent committee to coordinate the overall policies and management of foreign workers will be set up, says Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Dr Mahathir said the committee would be chaired by a top government officer with former judges and secretaries-general and the Institute of Labour
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New Age Bangladesh | 14 August 2018 Malaysia’s new government of prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad reopened up the process of hiring workers from Bangladesh to all the recruiting agencies after suspending the cartel of 10 agencies in Bangladesh. Mahathir announced his government’s decision at a news conference, Kuala Lumpur daily The Star reported on
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“Agents of Change?” exposes how employment agencies in Hong Kong are failing to comply with the Hong Kong government’s Code of Practice for Employment Agencies leaving migrant domestic workers at risk of abuse and exploitation. The research was conducted by the Federation of Asian Domestic Workers Unions (FADWU). As of April 2018, there were nearly