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Nepali Migrant Workers Rights: Govt. Urged to Act on NHRC Recommendations

Nepali Sansar | 8 October 2018 In a move addressing Nepali migrants concerns, various stakeholders pertaining to human rights have urged the Government of Nepal to implement the National Human Right Commission (NHRC) recommendations. NHRC has recently recommended to the government, a 16-point document for effective management of foreign employment sector and address malpractices in […]

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‘Illegal recruiter’ from leyte charged

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Sunstar | 8 October 2018 THE Office of the Cebu City Prosecutor indicted a woman from Tacloban, Leyte who allegedly duped four job applicants in Cebu into bogus employment abroad. Prosecutor Rogelio del Prado found evidence to charge Rosel Basconcillo with illegal recruitment in large scale before the Regional Trial Court. “Evidence offered by the

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Minister: Exiting foreign workers may only be rehired after six months

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Malay Mail | 6 October 2018 IPOH, Oct 6 ― Employers looking to avoid paying the levy to extend skilled foreign workers must wait up to six months to rehire those they send home, said Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran. “There will be a ‘cooling period’ and employers need to wait for three to six

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B.C. government to register migrant workers and their employers and recruiters

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The Vancouver Sun | 10 October 2018 The B.C. government is establishing a registry for migrant workers designed to protect them from exploitation by employers and recruiting agents. “Temporary foreign workers are vulnerable to abuse in the workplace, and it can be difficult for them to get help,” said B.C. Labour Minister Harry Bains in

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UAE’s new low-cost hiring system to take effect this month

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Arabian Business | 4 October 2018 A new low-cost hiring insurance system, which removes the mandatory AED3,000 bank deposit for new employee hires, and replaced by a AED60 fee, will be implemented across the UAE starting on October 14, according to the country’s labour ministry. The scheme’s main objective is to ease the process of

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Extortion and abuse: Myanmar workers arrive debt-laden in Thailand

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Channel News Asia | 4 October 2018 YANGON, Myanmar: A “mafia” of recruitment agents is trapping Myanmar migrants to Thailand in debt bondage despite a 2017 law meant to fight exploitation in the kingdom’s notoriously shadowy job market, activists and workers say. Migrant labour – much of it from Myanmar – has propped up Thailand’s

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Myanmar migrant workers in debt bondage

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The ASEAN Post | 5 October 2018 A “mafia” of recruitment agents is trapping Myanmar migrants to Thailand in debt bondage despite a 2017 law meant to fight exploitation in the kingdom’s notoriously shadowy job market, activists and workers say. Migrant labour – much of it from Myanmar – has propped up Thailand’s economy for

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Employment agency and employee face 243 charges for advertising maids on Carousell

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The Straits Timnes | 4 October 2018 SINGAPORE – Employment agency SRC Recruitment and one of its staff were on Thursday (Oct 4) slapped with 243 charges for “selling” maids on online marketplace Carousell. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in a statement that the advertisements were placed between Sept 1 and 17, and had

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Maid advertisements on Carousell: SRC Recruitment, employee face 243 charges Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/carousell-maid-advertisements-src-recruitment-243-charges-10790018

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Channel News Asia | 4 October 2018 SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Thursday (Oct 4) prosecuted SRC Recruitment and one of its Employment Agency (EA) employees, Erleena Mohd Ali, for “insensitive advertising” of foreign domestic workers (FDWs). SRC and Mdm Erleena face a combined 243 charges for an array of wrongdoing, which includes

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Danish government presents plan to recruit skilled foreign labour

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The Local dk | 3 October 2018 Minister for immigration and integration Inger Støjberg and employment minister Troels Lund Poulsen presented Wednesday a 21-point programme aimed at smoothing the way for companies who want to attract skilled workers from abroad. The programme seeks to “make it easier and less bureaucratic for Danish companies to attract

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