22 December 2015, Cebu Daily News Cebu City Acting Mayor Edgardo Labella told the City Treasurer’s Office to strictly evaluate applications for business permits of labor recruitment agencies following reports reaching the City Council of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) being abused by their employers abroad or shortchanged by their agencies. READ THE FULL ARTICLE
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20 December 2015, Arab News JEDDAH: Work on the electronic system for recruiting domestic workers in Uganda has been completed and the recruitment process will start in the next few days, Rashid bin Yahya Symodo, the country’s ambassador has said. “The agreement between the two countries stipulates that the recruiting process should maintain the rights
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27 October 2015, Doha News After more than a year of debate, Qatar has adopted changes to its controversial Kafala sponsorship system, which will make it easier for some to switch jobs and leave the country. The main reforms appear to be that there will be a new system to appeal refused exit permits. Additionally, expats who
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16 October 2015, The Peninsula DOHA: Routine and surprise raids on manpower agencies have resulted in cancellation of 15 licences recently, according to a senior official from the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. There are 282 manpower agencies in the country and 15 have been shut down and their licences revoked in 2014-15 for
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14 September 2015, Times of Oman Nepal has stopped issuing labour permits to migrant workers whose air tickets and visa fees are not being paid for by their prospective employers in Oman, a senior official of the Nepal Embassy in Muscat said. Speaking to the Times of Oman, the official said the embassy of Nepal
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13 April 2015, The Philippine Star More Filipinos are seeking employment overseas due to age discrimination in the country, according to a migrant workers’ rights advocate. Susan Ople, head of the Ople Policy Center, said many companies are reluctant to hire “older” job applicants. “The reason they keep on leaving is because of age discrimination,”
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15 March 2015, Taipei Times LIFTING A BAN:Minister of Labor Chen Hsiung-wen said officials from Taiwan and Vietnam were meeting to discuss new regulations for Vietnamese workers Taiwan recruited 10,906 Vietnamese workers during the first two months of this year, making it Vietnam’s largest labor export market, according to the latest official data from Hanoi.
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4 March 2015, Interaksyon MANILA, Philippines — Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz ordered Philippine Overseas Employment Administration chief Hans Leo Cacdac to investigate and file charges against officials and staff of a firm allegedly offering non-existent caregiver jobs in Canada. The order came after Baldoz was informed by labor attaché Leonida Romulo of the Philippine Overseas
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