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Trusted recruiters, friends leading domestic migrants to abuse: ILO report

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21 December 2015, Myanmar Times The government’s labour recruitment offices are failing, leaving workers to scrounge for jobs through informal networks rife with opportunistic brokers, according to a new report. In the absence of a functioning, official employment system, the vast majority of over 7000 workers interviewed – 72 percent – said they found jobs […]

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Mac’s Convenience Stores facing class-action lawsuit from temporary foreign workers

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18 December 2015, CBC News Hundreds of temporary foreign workers have launched a class action lawsuit against Mac’s Convenience Stores, claiming they paid more than $8,000 to get jobs in Canada that did not exist. The notice of claim, filed with the B.C. Supreme Court, alleges that from December 2009 onwards the workers were recruited

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An investigation finds employers abusing a visa program for guest workers

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9 December 2015, Public Radio International In the wake of last week’s terrorist attack in San Bernardino, the national debate has shifted toward the US visa waiver program, which allows visitors from 38 participating countries to easily enter the United States for stays of less than 90 days. But every year, 150,000 foreign workers enter

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Supplier Responsibility 2015 Progress Report

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Apple Inc., 2015 Apple’s Supplier Responsibility Report is relevant to the Recruitment Reform Campaign’s call for Zero Recruitment Fees for migrant workers. The report includes a a discussion on recruitment fees. Please check page 18 under: Eliminating Recruitment Fees and Bonded Labour under the chapter on Labour and Human Rights. The following is stated: “To protect

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NZ – Filipino Arrangement on migrant workers

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17 September 2015, Scoop Independent News Workplace Relations and Safety and Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse and the Philippines Secretary of Labour and Employment Ms Rosalinda Baldoz have today signed a bilateral Arrangement on the recruitment and treatment of Filipino migrant workers. “New Zealand greatly values the contribution Filipino workers make to New Zealand’s labour force

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