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Indonesian workers listed for sale on Carousell; MOM investigates

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The Independent | 17 September 2018 Carousell, a Singapore-owned online marketplace, features buying and selling of various items. Clothes, shoes, and electronic devices are the goods typically being auctioned off on Carousell, but unusual and humorous things pop up from time to time. There was nothing humorous about what Netizen Michael S. discovered on Carousell. […]

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Mette Frederiksen proposes new foreign labour initiative at DI Business Summit

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Copenhagen Post | 18 September 2018 At the DI Business Summit being held today, Socialdemokratiet leader Mette Frederiksen will propose an initiative to make it easier to attract and recruit labour from countries such as Spain, Italy and France to Denmark, reports TV2 Nyheder. In order to attract more foreigners, Socialdemokratiet would like to see

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U.K. Urged to End Privileged Access to European Migrants

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Bloomberg | 18 September 2018 The U.K. shouldn’t favor EU workers in the post-Brexit labor market, the government’s immigration adviser said, urging ministers to prioritize skilled workers who bring clear benefits to the economy. Britain should abolish its cap on so-called Tier 2 visas for skilled workers, and open up the category also to “medium-skill

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Motech announces early end to migrant worker employment contracts

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Focus Taiwan | 17 September 2018 Taipei, Sept. 17 (CNA) Solar cell maker Motech Industries Inc. announced Monday it will terminate 300 migrant workers’ employment contracts to improve human resources management and make fundamental corporate changes in the face of a volatile and uncertain market. The 300 employees mainly work on assembly lines in Taiwan,

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2018 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration and Fair Recruitment

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The International Labour Organization (ILO) recently launched the 2018 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration and Fair Recruitment. The ILO has been leading the organizing of the said international media competition since 2015 to recognize exemplary media coverage on labour migration. It specifically aims to encourage quality reporting on labour migration given that the media

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Minister wants to ease path of qualified foreign labour to Denmark

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Copenhagen Post | 5 July 2018 A chronic shortage of engineering and natural science graduates is worrying Danish bosses and one way out could be more recruitment from abroad. The integration and immigration minister, Inger Støjberg, has indicated a willingness to make it easier for Danish companies to employ suitably-qualified foreigners. “The lack of suitable

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America needs more Chinese teachers, but Donald Trump’s immigration policies may make it harder to get them

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South China Morning Post | 16 September 2018 Schools reliant on foreign teachers are now finding themselves warily eyeing the Trump administration’s tightening of immigration and visa policies, as executive orders and memos have urged stricter administrative control of both the H1B visa process, for skilled foreign workers, and J1s for visiting scholars. “It’s a

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Fishing for new workers

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Bangkok Post | 16 September 2018 The Labour Ministry’s recent move to recruit additional migrant workers through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) system is a boost for the commercial fishing sector, which has suffered from a labour from a labour shortage. Since the government launched a crackdown on migrant labourers, the fishing industry saw the

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Some recruitment agencies defy govt’s ban on recruitment of workers to Gulf countries

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Myjoyonline | 14 September 2018 Some recruitment agencies in Ghana have defied the government’s ban on the recruitment of workers to the Gulf countries. In 2017, the government placed a temporary ban on the recruitment of workers to Gulf countries after a hike in reported cases of abuse faced by migrant workers. These countries include

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Indian-American Congressman introduces bill giving flexibility to H1B workers to switch jobs

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Economic Times India | 15 September 2018 Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has introduced a legislation in the House of Representatives which gives flexibility to H-1B workers to switch jobs and reduces the Green Card backlog by expanding education-based exemptions from per-country caps for H-1B holders. Rep. Krishnamoorthi joined Rep. Mike Coffman, original sponsor of the

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