Antara News | 15 December 2018 Jakarta (ANTARA News) – The Indonesia Economic and Trade Office (IETO) in Taipei signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Taipei Economic and Trade Office (TETO) in Jakarta on the recruitment, placement, and protection of Indonesian migrant workers in Taiwan. IETO Chief Didi Sumedi signed the MoU with TETO […]
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Japan Times | 15 December 2018 Days after Japan enacted a law introducing a foreign-worker program to bolster a labor force shrinking due to the aging population, a study showed it could struggle to compete with other developed countries to attract residents from overseas. The Gallup survey showed that the country’s 126 million population would
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Kathmandu Post 15 December 2018 Nepal-The government has blacklisted a number of foreign employers in countries that are major destinations for Nepali migrant workers. The Department of Foreign Employment has blocked 65 foreign employers or companies from Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab of Emirates for violating their respective agreements with Nepali workers.
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This three-part Policy Brief series identifies actions to develop and implement effective, rights-based and gender responsive protections for women workers migrating from South Asia to the Middle East. The policy briefs address three key stages during which protections for women migrant workers are developed, implemented, and monitored. Implementing Gender-Responsive Employment Contracts analyses current methods used
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This three-part Policy Brief series identifies actions to develop and implement effective, rights-based and gender responsive protections for women workers migrating from South Asia to the Middle East. The policy briefs address three key stages during which protections for women migrant workers are developed, implemented, and monitored. Promoting the Rights of Women Migrant Workers through
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This three-part Policy Brief series identifies actions to develop and implement effective, rights-based and gender responsive protections for women workers migrating from South Asia to the Middle East. The policy briefs address three key stages during which protections for women migrant workers are developed, implemented, and monitored. Making International Labour Migration Governance Gender Responsive outlines
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ABS-CBN News | 11 November 2018 MANILA – A recruitment agency in Manila has been ordered to halt recruitment operations after Filipino truck drivers it sent to Europe were found to be “working and living in substandard conditions.” In a statement Sunday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration issued
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The Nation | 15 November 2018 The Japanese government presented on Wednesday the estimated maximum number of foreign workers to be accepted in 14 envisaged business fields over the five years from fiscal 2019, releasing such figures as 60,000 people in nursing care, 53,000 in eating out, 40,000 in construction and 36,500 in agriculture. The
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Channel News Asia | 13 November 2018 SINGAPORE: An employment agent who took to online marketplace Carousell to advertise maids on behalf of her agency SRC Recruitment was on Tuesday (Nov 13) fined S$20,000. Erleena Mohd Ali, 41, is the first to be prosecuted for putting up placement postings online. Erleena, who is now unemployed,
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Nikkei Asian Review | 14 November 2018 TOKYO — Between 260,000 and 340,000 foreign workers could enter Japan over the five years starting in fiscal 2019 if a planned amendment to the immigration control law passes the Diet, according to a government estimate seen by Nikkei. The number includes 33,000 to 47,000 who are expected
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