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Denmark – Government proposes plans to ease recruitment of skilled foreign labour

Staffing Industry Analysts | 4 October 2018 The Danish government has proposed an initiative to make it easier and less bureaucratic for Danish companies to attract and hire foreign workers. The initiative, presented yesterday by the Danish Ministry of Employment, presents a 21-point program aimed at smoothing the way for companies that want to attract […]

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Workers complain about local agencies overcharging fees

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Asia Times 5 October 2018 Three Filipino domestic workers have filed complaints at the Philippine Overseas Labor Office against two Hong Kong employment agencies for alleged overcharging fees. The two unnamed agencies were the Hong Kong counterparts of the Manila-based Spear International Manpower, sunwebhk.com reported, citing Esther C Bangcawayan, an officer with the Mission for

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Saudi job recruitment process must be shored up Published: 00:00, Oct 07,2018

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New Age Bangladesh 7 October 2018 The situation of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Saudi Arabia has remained troublesome for quite some years, because of issues in Saudi Arabia and irregularities in Bangladesh. It is high time that Bangladesh stepped up its diplomatic efforts to resolve the prickly migration issues with Saudi Arabia to ensure full

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Japan to help small businesses take on more foreign workers

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Nikkei Asian Review | 4 October 2018 TOKYO — The Japanese government will provide assistance to small and midsize businesses employing or planning to employ foreigners, as the country seeks to secure enough labor to keep its economy humming. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will open some 30 multiligual help centers around the

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Foreign workers with PLKS for 10 years can extend another 3 years

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New Straits Times | 3 October 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: The government has agreed to further extend the work permits for skilled foreigners who have been working here for more than 10 years, under Temporary Working Pass, with condition of yearly permit renewal, for up to three years. Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran said the levy

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Govt formally starts Foreign Employment Information Management System (FEIMS)

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The Himalayan Times | 1 October 2018 Nepal-The government has formally started the integrated software of Foreign Employment Information Management System (FEIMS) from today. According to the ministry, the system has a software, which can be accessed by all concerned with foreign employment services, including MoLESS, manpower companies, line offices under MoLESS, orientation centres, Department

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Recruiting agencies give government 60-day window to roll back decision

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Kathmandu Post 2 October 2018 Recruiting agencies have launched a protest against the government’s latest measures to manage the foreign employment sector. The Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies (NAFEA), the umbrella organisation of manpower companies, has threatened to shut down all their services if the government does not roll back its decisions. Accusing the

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60,000 workers can now go to Malaysia

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The Daily Star | 3 October 2018 Some 60,000 Bangladeshis, whose travel to Malaysia became uncertain after the country suspended the online recruitment system on September 1, have been cleared for migration to the Southeast Asian country. “Malaysian High Commission in Dhaka started issuing visas yesterday [October 1],” an official of the Bureau of Manpower

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Foreign Workers: KL moves to reform policy

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The Daily Star | 2 October 2018 The new Malaysian government has moved to reform the country’s foreign workers’ recruitment and management policy, aiming to bring discipline to the sector. To coordinate the overall policies and the management of migrant workers, the new government, led by Mahathir Mohamad, has formed an independent committee which will

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Kuwait rights society issues ‘report’ about expat workers

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Arab Times | 3 October 2018 The report looks at the real face of labor in Kuwait by monitoring the administrative and legal aspects and the positive and negative changes and to what extent they affect the lives of migrant workers ‘non-Kuwaitis’ and the impact of all this on the Kuwaiti society, the country, economic

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