News articles from around the world on migrant labour recruitment.
Free Malaysia Today | 16 October 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: Putrajaya is considering a new system to charge levy on foreign workers using the Singapore model of “the more you hire, the more you pay”. The home ministry said the new multi-tier levy system would replace the current single-tier system in the hopes of reducing Malaysia’s […]
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The Daily Star | 17 October 2018 Labour migration analysts and businesses have expressed optimism that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will highlight Bangladeshi migrant workers’ rights during her meeting with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud today. According to Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET), Saudi Arabia has recruited nearly 36 lakh Bangladeshis
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The Mainichi | 12 October 2018 TOKYO — The Ministry of Justice on Oct 12 announced the gist of a draft bill to expand the acceptance of foreign workers for a little over 10 industries, including construction and nursing care, suffering from chronic labor shortages. According to the ministry, the bill is a revision to
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Asahi Shimbun | 12 October 2018 Cabinet ministers on Oct. 12 approved a broad outline of the new “specified skills” residence status, including a sub-category that will allow foreign workers to bring over family members and stay for extended periods. The new visas are designed to address chronic labor shortages in specific fields in Japan
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Albuquerque Journal | 15 October 2018 Albuquerque Public Schools (APS), like districts across the country, is facing a teacher shortage. Superintendent Raquel Reedy gave the Board of Education a report recently, saying there were 427 total vacancies including teachers at the time, 10 more open positions than last year, with fewer candidates wanting the jobs.
APS recruits 58 teachers from the Philippines Read More »
Japan Times |11 October 2018 The government is considering allowing blue-collar foreign workers with certain skills to live permanently in the country with their families, as Japan struggles with a serious labor shortage amid a declining population, sources said Thursday. In what would represent a turning point for the country’s immigration policy, which more or
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New Age Bangladesh | 11 October 2018 Thousands of Bangladeshi workers became the worst victims of migrating to Middle East countries on the so-called free visas or individual visas also known as friends and family visas. Dishonest brokers and recruiting agents popularized these visas in Bangladesh knowing full well that the workers would face uncertainties
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Saudi Gazette | 10 October 2018 RIYADH — Minister of Labor and Social Development Ahmed Bin Suleiman Al-Rajhi has emphasized the importance of true and effective partnership with the foreign recruitment sector to overcome challenges, reach a clear vision that serves stakeholders and to facilitate Saudi recruitment procedures. At the workshop on “Challenges and Issues
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The Marketplace | 10 October 2018 Since the government established the intern program in the early 1990s, it has continuously grown. Currently, over 35,000 businesses use it, according to the Organization for Technical Intern Training (OTIT), a government-funded agency set up last year to oversee the program. Indeed, many interns willingly pay a small fortune
Japan expands use of foreign “interns” to address labor shortage Read More »
Times of Oman | 7 October 2018 Muscat: Employers recruiting expats from overseas must obtain a permit from the Ministry of Manpower (MoM) in order to legally employ them, under the current laws of Oman. Moreover, expats seeking jobs in the Sultanate must abide by the rules and regulations mentioned in the Labour Act of
Know Oman: Get that permit before you hire expat workers in the Sultanate Read More »
