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Monty: Immigration reform vital for America’s competitive edge

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26, June 2014, Chron One year ago today, the U.S. Senate passed the first major piece of immigration reform legislation since the Reagan administration. That same day, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee passed a much more focused, but very important measure, called the SKILLS Visa Act, which would provide much-needed updates to our nation’s high-skilled visa system. However, neither […]

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Canadian government revamps the temporary foreign worker programme

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23 June 2014, The Lawyer With the government’s focus on ‘Canadians First’ for Canadian jobs, the requirements to hire temporary foreign workers were revamped to make the hiring of foreign workers, and in particular low-skilled/low-wage foreign workers, more difficult for employers. For employers that utilise labour market opinions (now known as labour market impact assessments

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Recruitment agencies back ILO decent work convention

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17 November 2011, Sun Star LOCAL and overseas recruitment industries yesterday expressed support for the immediate ratification of the Internal Labor Organization’s (ILO) convention on decent work for domestic workers or C 189. They added they are “one with the government in pushing efforts to uplift the conditions and ensure decent work for kasambahays or

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Recruitment firm gets second suspension from POEA

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25 June 2014, GMA News A recruitment agency suspended by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration got into deeper trouble after its president admitted his company had an unlicensed firm doing actual recruitment.POEA administrator Hans Leo Cacdac on Tuesday said he ordered a second case lodged against Memere International Recruitment Company Inc., after its president paid

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Race to recruit

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24 June 2014, The New Civil Engineer Consultants are competing to fill roles amid a growing shortage of geotechnical engineers, finds Jon Masters. Demand for experienced geotechnical engineers has remained strong in recent years, buoyed by work overseas, as well as the commercial building and energy sectors. With the re-emergence of growth in infrastructure in

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“Foreign Ministry’s help sought to solve Filipino recruitment issue”

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25 June 2014, Arab News The Labor Ministry will approach the Foreign Affairs Ministry to sort out obstacles in recruiting Filipino domestic workers including contractual difficulties faced by Saudi recruiters in the Philippines. Labor Ministries of the two countries had signed an agreement earlier this year to resume recruitment of the Filipino domestic workers. Mufrej

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“OFWs seen to benefit as PHL votes for ILO protocol, recommendation vs. forced labor”

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16 June 2014, GMA News Online In what could be a boon for overseas Filipino workers, the Philippines has thrown its support behind the International Labor Organization’s adoption of a protocol and recommendation against forced labor.In a news release on Monday, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said the Philippines cast an affirmative vote for the

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“Fleeced: A Look at the Terrible Life of Migrant Workers Everywhere”

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16 June 2014, Pacific Standard When migrant laborers at New York University’s Abu Dhabi campus raised their voices, striking over pay and working conditions, they were treated to arrests, beaten, or in some cases deported—flung back home in despair and in often debt. Within 24 hours after the New York Times reported on this modern

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“Burmese Migrants Arrested, But Not Main Target in Thai Crackdown”

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16 June 2014, The Irrawaddy CHIANG MAI — A heavy crackdown on undocumented migrants in Thailand has so far mostly targeted Cambodian workers, although there have been frequent reports of arrests of Burmese workers, according to organizations working with Burmese migrants in Thailand. “There is no big crackdown on Burmese immigrant workers like on Cambodians,”

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