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Template on Standard Terms of Employment (STOE) for Women Migrant Domestic Workers

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Establishing a Standard Terms of Employment (STOE) for women migrant domestic workers is crucial as they are excluded from national labour laws of most countries, both countries of origin and destination. They are doubly vulnerable through their status as migrants and as woman. Furthermore, domestic work takes place in informal, private settings and thus it […]

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Levy payment on foreign workers by employers under EMC deferred to 2018

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BY AZURA ABAS – 11 JANUARY 2017 New Strait Times PUTRAJAYA: The Cabinet today has agreed to delay the implementation of levy payment of foreign workers by employers under the Employer Mandatory Commitment (EMC) until next year. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said this to reporters after attending today’s Cabinet meeting. \ “The

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Malaysia defers foreign workers’ levy payment to 2018

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By Sangeetha Amarthalingam 12 January 2016 | South China Morning Post Widespread relief was felt among Malaysia’s industry employers after the country’s government postponed the mandatory imposition of foreign workers’ levy payment on employers until 2018. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said yesterday the deferment was necessary in the absence of a proper

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Ottawa ends ‘4-in-4-out’ rule for migrant workers

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By Nicholas Keung | Immigration reporter The Star Canada Liberal government eliminates notorious rule that kicked out migrant workers after four years, ending what critics dubbed the ‘revolving door’ for indentured labour to Canada. Ottawa has eliminated the notorious “4-in-4-out” rule that kicked out migrant workers after four years, ending what some critics call the

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Kuwait’s Domestic Labor Law: One Year Later

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By Migrantwatch.org Over a year has passed since Kuwait’s parliament approved a law on the recruitment and employment of domestic workers. The new law was widely celebrated by state officials and international organizations for its “slow progress” in protecting workers’ rights and enhancing a “good image of Kuwait.” However, Kuwaiti officials appear satisfied merely by

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Brexit could leave fields of rotting crops in Britain if migrant employees stay away

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By Karla Adam | 8 January 2017 Washington Post LONDON — It is a quintessentially British scene: watching the annual Wimbledon tournament while munching on British strawberries and cream. But farmers here are warning that fruits and vegetables — including their beloved strawberries — could be left to rot in the fields this summer because

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Labour reforms herald earnings boost for migrant workers in Malaysia

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Pete Pattisson |Friday 6 January 2017 The Guardian Series of measures including ban on employers deducting a foreign workers’ levy seen as laying groundwork for Malaysia to join Trans-Pacific Partnership Millions of foreign migrant workers in Malaysia are to receive a significant increase in their salaries after the government barred employers from deducting a foreign

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Malaysian delegates to hold talks on Nepali migrant workers’ woes

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By Rupesh Acharya The Himalayan Times The Malaysian government has, after all this time, finally agreed to send a delegation to Nepal to hold talks on addressing the numerous problems Nepali migrants face. Niranjan Man Basnet, ambassador of Nepal to Malaysia informed THT over a phone interview that the Malaysian Ministry for Human Resources had

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Why must we pay more?

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By Syed Mansur Hashim The Daily Star  / 27 December 2016 Back in April 2015, the World Bank (WB) released a Migration and Development Brief where it was found that Bangladeshi migrants pay the highest recruitment costs worldwide. According to WB data, worker-paid-recruitment costs averaged USD 1,955 in Kuwait with Bangladeshis paying anywhere between USD

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