News articles from around the world on migrant labour recruitment.
Taipei, Sept. 22 (CNA) The head of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taipei has expressed the hope that there will be more direct hiring of Filipino migrant workers in Taiwan to spare the workers the burden of hefty brokerage fees. In an interview with CNA earlier this week, MECO Chairman and Resident […]
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By: Binsal Abdul Kader Gulf News | 26 September 2017 Abu Dhabi/Dubai: Senior diplomats and labour recruitment agencies welcomed the new law protecting domestic workers in the UAE saying it’s a step in the right direction. President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has signed into law the protection of domestic workers in
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By: Samir Salama Gulf News | 26 September 2017 Law stipulates essential working conditions for domestic workers, including a regular weekly day off Abu Dhabi: A law stipulating working conditions for domestic workers, including a regular weekly day off, 30 days of paid annual leave and the right to retain personal documents, was approved by
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By: Sandeep Singh Grewal Bahrain News | 19 Sep 2017 A NEW contract for domestic workers will be enforced from October 1, it was announced. Under the revised rules, employers seeking to hire a housemaid will have to compulsorily declare, among other things, the nature of the job, working hours and weekly day off. Labour
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By Yu Hsiao-han and Kuan-lin Liu Focus Taiwan Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) The Workforce Development Agency (WDA) on Thursday issued a report that found nearly 80,000 re-hired migrant workers have so far benefited from a law that went into effect last November scrapping a previous maximum stay requirement. The amendment to Article 52 of the
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By Teresa Cerojano Associated press 14 September 2017 Asia Pacific business leaders are working on recommendations to protect migrant workers from modern day slavery and to ensure companies’ supply sources are free from such unethical employment, according to Australia’s ambassador for people smuggling and human trafficking. One idea might be to create a regional website
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A two-day meeting of labour sending countries in Asia began today in Kathmandu with the objective of developing a joint contribution to the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration preparatory process. The discussions and recommendations will be based on the five thematic areas of the Colombo Process: skills and qualification recognition processes of
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Gulf News 12 September 12, 2017 Abu Dhabi: The UAE and Philippines signed a memorandum of understanding on mutual cooperation in the recruitment and employment of domestic workers in the UAE. The MoU highlights the keenness of both nations to bolster cooperation in the field of labour, and facilitating the process for approving and recruiting
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The policy brief maps common recruitment practices and regulations observed along recruitment pathways to garment and textile work in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Jordan and Lebanon. This policy brief responds to a growing interest among policymakers and practitioners in improving recruitment practices and regulations with an eye to reducing vulnerability to human trafficking and forced labour
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By Abubakar A Ibrahim Arab Times | 11 September 2017 KUWAIT CITY, Sept 10: MP Mubarak Al-Hajraf has forwarded questions to Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and State Minister for Economic Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh on the recruitment of expatriates. He said the Council of Ministers issued a statement following the weekly session held on
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