The Indian Express | February 9, 2017 The number of online scams are on the rise and online recruitment scams are also being reported more often. A typical scam email or advertisement will mention a spoofed email id of a reputed company and will either offer you a job via email, or will place a […]
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31st January 2017 By Jolovan Wham Last month, the Singapore Ministry of Manpower announced that Cambodia will be a source country for domestic workers from 2017. According to media reports, between 1000 to 1200 domestic workers will be recruited by employment agencies here. This is three times the number now in Singapore. While we welcome
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By Mohammed Osman | 25 January 2017 The Peninsula Eighteen member countries of the Abu Dhabi Dialogue (ADD) have adopted the Colombo declaration on Labour recruitment. The fourth ministerial consultation meeting of the ADD held in Colombo on January 24 with participation of 18 Foreign Employment Ministers of the ADD member countries. A Qatari delegation
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By Carmencita A. Carillo Business World | 23 January 2017 The Public Services Labor Independent Confederation (PSLINK) is calling on President Rodrigo R. Duterte to abolish all types of recruitment fees being asked from workers who want to work abroad. PSLINK, which now has 387 members, is a national confederation of government employees and their
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Gulf News | Staff Report 17 December 2016 Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation to handle all recruitment and employment applications for domestic workers Abu Dhabi: Starting from the first quarter of 2017, recruitment and employment applications for domestic workers in the UAE will be handled by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, with
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By Ellie Ng | Hong Kong Free Press 19 January 2017 The Hong Kong government has made plans to strengthen the regulatory regime for employment agencies, which may better protect the labour rights of the city’s migrant domestic workers. In his final Policy Address, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said Wednesday that the Labour Department plans
The objective of these non-binding ILO general principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment is to inform the current and future work of the ILO and of other organizations, national legislatures, and the social partners on promoting and ensuring fair recruitment. These principles and guidelines are derived from a number of sources. The primary sources
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Establishing a Standard Terms of Employment (STOE) for women migrant domestic workers is crucial as they are excluded from national labour laws of most countries, both countries of origin and destination. They are doubly vulnerable through their status as migrants and as woman. Furthermore, domestic work takes place in informal, private settings and thus it
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