News articles from around the world on migrant labour recruitment.
29 November 2015, Kathmandu Post Nov 29, 2015- The number of Nepali migrants going to Malaysia has fallen drastically after the government made it mandatory for overseas employers to provide free tickets and visa to workers. Malaysia, the largest destination for Nepali workers, hired only 25,635 Nepali workers in the last three months, nearly 68 […]
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27 October 2015, Doha News After more than a year of debate, Qatar has adopted changes to its controversial Kafala sponsorship system, which will make it easier for some to switch jobs and leave the country. The main reforms appear to be that there will be a new system to appeal refused exit permits. Additionally, expats who
Qatar’s Emir signs into law kafala changes Read More »
16 October 2015, The Peninsula DOHA: Routine and surprise raids on manpower agencies have resulted in cancellation of 15 licences recently, according to a senior official from the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. There are 282 manpower agencies in the country and 15 have been shut down and their licences revoked in 2014-15 for
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17 September 2015, Scoop Independent News Workplace Relations and Safety and Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse and the Philippines Secretary of Labour and Employment Ms Rosalinda Baldoz have today signed a bilateral Arrangement on the recruitment and treatment of Filipino migrant workers. “New Zealand greatly values the contribution Filipino workers make to New Zealand’s labour force
NZ – Filipino Arrangement on migrant workers Read More »
15 September 2015, The Financial Express Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur have agreed to integrate private recruiters with the existing G to G (government to government) arrangement to speed up manpower recruitment from Bangladesh. As part of the step, a Memorandum of Understanding on G to G-plus will be signed today (Tuesday), said expatriates’ welfare minister
Dhaka, KL to tap private agencies in labour hiring Read More »
15 September 2015, Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — An Ethiopian diplomat has refuted claims that domestic labor recruitment from his country would recommence, saying that salaries would have to increase before any recruitment deal could be made. Liaison Officer at the Ethiopian Embassy, Temsegen Omar, confirmed that his country has rejected calls for a return of
Official: Pay rise to bring back labor from Ethiopia Read More »
14 September 2015, Times of Oman Nepal has stopped issuing labour permits to migrant workers whose air tickets and visa fees are not being paid for by their prospective employers in Oman, a senior official of the Nepal Embassy in Muscat said. Speaking to the Times of Oman, the official said the embassy of Nepal
Zero cost migration policy for Nepali workers, says official in Oman Read More »
7 September 2015, Kathmandu Post Free-visa-free-ticket is a newly enforced provision of the Government of Nepal that came into effect from July 8 this year. It basically obligates the employers from labour receiving countries to bear cost of visa processing and air ticket to hire workers from Nepal. Until now, most migrant workers took hefty
Explainer: 10 things about free-visa-free-ticket for Nepali migrant workers Read More »
4 September 2015, The Toronto Star After lobbying by oil companies, the federal government allowed Alberta to recruit foreign workers faster than before. Gil McGowan was elected president of the Alberta Federation of Labour in 2005, just as oilsands development was starting to heat up. And he has been in the hot seat ever since.
How Alberta’s oilsands boom opened doors to temporary foreign workers Read More »
2 September 2015, Khaleej Times The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs on Monday issued an order directing changes in the system. The Indian government has modified its online recruitment system after a plethora of complaints from foreign employers, workers and recruitment agencies. Due to glitches in the ‘eMigrate system’, thousands of blue-collar Indian workers lost
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