News articles from around the world on migrant labour recruitment.
New Age Bangladesh | 22 January 2019 The government has taken a plan to select and train 1,000 workers in each upazila for overseas jobs annually. Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry officials told New Age that the plan was taken to cut down workers’ migration costs. They said that the names of workers keen […]
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New Straits Times | 23 January 2019 PUTRAJAYA : The Human Resources Ministry is considering to fully adopt an online system with regard to foreign workers’ applications and matters that require monetary transaction. Its minister M. Kulasegaran said by doing so, it would reduce officers having to deal with the public directly which could lead
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Himalayan Times | 21 January 2019 Kathmandu – The government has directed recruitment agencies of the country to submit exact details of the people who have already received ‘calling visas’ from Malaysia. Calling visas are confirmations from their employers about the job. The Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) has asked the concerned employment agencies to
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Free Malaysia Today | 22 January 2019 PETALING JAYA: Employers have dismissed calls by a former immigration department official to freeze the intake of foreign workers from Bangladesh as a means to tackle corruption in the recruitment process. Che Hassan Che Johan had urged the government to stop the intake of Bangladeshi workers to stamp
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Guam Daily Post | 21 January 2019 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the State Department, announced over the weekend that workers from the Philippines are no longer allowed to seek employment in the United States under H-2B and H-2A work visas. Guam’s main source of foreign labor for decades has been
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New Age Bangladesh State Minister of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry Imran Ahmad on Sunday asked domestic recruiting agencies to provide the services of recruiting workers for overseas destinations. Addressing the representatives of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies who called on him at Probashi Kalyan Bhaban, the new minister said that if the
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Times of Malta | 20 January 2019 45 per cent of employers have at least one foreign worker. Malta will need another 13,000 foreigners this year if it is to maintain its economic growth, according to the head of JobsPlus Clyde Caruana. With 55,000 already here, he is well aware that there is a simmering
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Manila Times | 21 January 2019 Labor Undersecretary Jacinto Paras, cluster head in-charge for the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), said on Sunday that he was closely coordinating with the heads of the two attached agencies of the DoLE for the crafting of the guidelines in relation to the
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New Age Bangladesh | 20 January 2019 Stating that sending female workers to Middle East countries is ‘very sensitive’, planning minister MA Mannan has said that the government will take new decision about sending female workers to the ME countries considering the reality. He came up with the statement as there were huge reports of
Govt to freshly decide about sending female workers to ME: planning minister Read More »
The National Law Review | 14 January 2019 On December 20, 2018, the FAR Council published a final rule amending the FAR rule on human trafficking to provide a definition of “recruitment fees.” Federal Acquisition Regulation: Combating Trafficking in Persons—Definition of “Recruitment Fees,” 83 Fed. Reg. 65466. The final rule identifies the types of charges
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