News articles from around the world on migrant labour recruitment.
Scroll.In | 22 October 2018 The government says that the decline in emigrants is because of a slowdown in the Gulf economy related to falling oil prices. But recruitment agents channelling workers to Gulf countries and prospective employees pin the blame elsewhere – on a digitisation initiative by the Union government that was meant to […]
Daily Express Malaysia |22 October 2018 There is a need to review the RM250,000 security deposit set for private employment agency licence under the Category C as stipulated in the Private Employment Agency Act 1981 (Amended 2017). Sabah Foreign Workers Employment Agency Association (Pappas) President Anthony Leong said majority of the private employment agencies in
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New Age Bangladesh | 21 October 2018 Hundreds of Bangladeshi workers who became undocumented in United Arab Emirates are availing amnesty offered by it since August 1. UAE’s amnesty ends on October 31. Migrant rights activist and Awaj Foundation director for migration Anisur Rahman Khan said that Bangladeshi workers recruited by Bangladeshi and Pakistani employers
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Rappler Philippines | 20 October 2018 MANILA, Philippines – More than 50,000 skilled workers from the Philippines have the chance to get employed in Japan in the next 6 years once the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe finalizes its new rules for giving temporary residence to foreign manual laborers. Japan’s parliament is set to
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India Today | 18 October 2018 The Trump administration in the United States is planning to “revise” the definition of employment and specialty occupations under the H-1B visas by January 2019. This is being considered as a move that stands to adversely impact Indian IT companies, and the small and medium-sized contractual firms mostly owned
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GDN Online | 9 November 2018 THOUSANDS of runaway domestic workers in Bahrain are being given the opportunity to regularise their status under a new initiative. This is the first time domestic workers are being included in the flexible work permit scheme that was launched in July last year. However, only those who have been
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Dhaka Tribune | 18 October 2018 With the implementation of new policy of Saudization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, many Bangladeshi expat workers along with other foreign workers have become victims, losing their jobs. In January, the Ministry for Labor and Social Development in Saudi Arabia issued a decree to limit work in 12
Is the job market in Saudi Arabia shrinking for Bangladesh? Read More »
Tricity News | 17 October 2018 Legislation is coming this fall that will hold employers who hire temporary foreign workers to a much higher standard than currently exists. Labour Minister Harry Bains confirmed it Monday after a news conference at the legislature by several organizations that have been working for years to improve the circumstances
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Taiwan Business Topics 18 October 2018 Filling the gap are foreign caregivers – Taiwan’s angels of mercy that work for far below the minimum wage, often isolated from the public in tedious and occasionally hostile living environments. According to the National Immigration Agency, Taiwan had 253,679 foreign caregivers as of August this year, mostly from
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The Star Online| 17 October 2018 KUCHING: The government is considering a multi-tier levy system for foreign workers based on the principle of “the more you hire, the more you pay”. Human Resources Ministry secretary-general Datuk Amir Omar said the system would see employers determine the number of foreign workers they want to hire. Speaking
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