Recruitment fees to manpower firms only through banks soon

10 November 2014, República KATHMANDU, Nov 10: The International Relations and Labor Committee of the legislature-parliament has directed the government to ensure that transactions between manpower companies and aspirant workers are made through banking system. Concluding that the fees paid by aspirant workers to manpower agencies in cash is fueling malpractices, the committee meeting held […]

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Civil Society Contributions to the Special Rapporteur’s Report to the UN Human Rights Council on Migrant Labour Recruitment

October 2014, Open Working Group on Labour Migration & Recruitment The UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants will dedicate one of his 2016 reports to the Human Rights Council on international labour recruitment. His office requested inputs from civil society to contribute to the substance and analysis of his report. In response,

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Understanding the Organization, Operation, and Victimization Process of Labor Trafficking in the United States

October 2014, Urban Institute & Northeastern University On October 21st, the Urban Institute and Northeastern University released a new study on labour trafficking to the United States. The report examines the labour trafficking process, from recruitment, to migration, to the workplace, to escape from exploitative and sometimes violent circumstances. Chapter four is dedicated to the recruitment

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Migrant Tech Workers Abused by Contract Labor Firms, Investigation Shows

30 October 2014, IEEE Spectrum California has a migrant worker problem. Reading that statement you’d likely picture a farmworker from Mexico or Central America. But you’d be wrong. It’s migrant tech workers, holders of H-1B visas, mostly from India, who are being abused. The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) together with NBC Bay Area have

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Job brokers steal wages, entrap Indian tech workers in US

27 October 2014, Center for Investigative Reporting Labor brokers providing Indian high-tech workers to American companies have hijacked a professional visa program, creating an underground system of financial bondage by stealing wages and benefits, even suing workers who quit. About 840,000 people from around the world work in the United States on temporary visas, intended

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UAE to ease recruitment process

26 October 2014, Dhaka Tribune The country will appoint a labour attaché at its embassy in Dhaka from the beginning of the next year. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will simplify the procedure of recruiting manpower from Bangladesh. To do it, the country will appoint a labour attaché at its embassy in Dhaka from the

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