South China Morning Post | 15 My 2019 The Labour Department should take more action to tackle domestic helper hiring agencies that provide a poor service to employers, Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has urged. The Consumer Council received around 200 complaints on such agencies each year, chief executive Gilly Wong Fung-han said on Wednesday, in […]
Japan Times | 8 FEbruary 2019 KATHMANDU – As Japan prepares to welcome a wave of new foreign workers, experts are cautioning Nepalese over unethical immigration brokers and urging their government to conclude an agreement with Japan for greater transparency in movements of migrant workers. In April, Tokyo will introduce a new program to accept
JD Supra | 8 February 2019 Can requiring that a job applicant obtain and pay for a passport photo make a U.S. government contractor run afoul of human trafficking rules? Potentially “yes” under a new final rule clarifying what constitutes human trafficking under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”). Since 2015, the U.S. government has prohibited
Court House News Service | 29 January 2019 MIAMI (CN) — Fending off labor claims from 54 migrant workers, a lawyer for a Florida strawberry farm told 11th Circuit that the company is not liable for the illegal fees its pickers paid a recruiter. The hearing this morning before a three-judge panel stems from a
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Taipei Times | 30 January 2019 ILLEGAL BROKERS:Prosecutors said that 30 Taiwanese who had hired migrant caretakers through the trio’s Web sites would be questioned and could face charges Three people were yesterday detained for questioning in New Taipei City over allegations that they illegally acted as employment brokers for “absconding” migrant workers, after the
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The Asahi Shinbum | 26 January 2019 Two leading companies, Panasonic Corp. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., have had their plans for technical intern training programs revoked due to legal violations. The measure announced Jan. 25 by the Justice Ministry and labor ministry means that Panasonic and Mitsubishi Motors will not be able to hire foreign
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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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