Nikkei Asian Review | 14 November 2018 TOKYO — Between 260,000 and 340,000 foreign workers could enter Japan over the five years starting in fiscal 2019 if a planned amendment to the immigration control law passes the Diet, according to a government estimate seen by Nikkei. The number includes 33,000 to 47,000 who are expected […]
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Business Mirror | 14 November 2018 FOLLOWING successful negotiations this week, Israel has agreed to reduce the recruitment fees for Filipino caregivers by at least 85 percent. Speaking at the BusinessMirror’s Coffee Club Forum, Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Rafael Harpaz disclosed their position to lower the recruitment fees to just $800 from the existing
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Daily Post Guam | 14 November 2018 A hotel project became the first among Guam’s private sector in recent years to receive approval to hire foreign construction workers on H-2B visas for projects not directly related to military projects, the governor’s office announced Tuesday. Although it is privately developed, the Tsubaki Tower hotel project received
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Japan Times | 14 November 2018 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday that the government will soon reveal estimates of worker shortages that will effectively function as a cap on the number of foreign workers to be admitted under a new visa system currently being deliberated by the Diet. As he spoke to the Lower
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BBC | 12 November 2018 Firms seeking staff are being hit by labour shortages, with a “reversal” in the number of migrants in UK workplaces, says HR body the CIPD. As Brexit approaches, the CIPD says the shortage of both EU and non-EU migrants reflects a falling interest in the UK as a destination for
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Independent | 12 November 2018 Sadiq Khan has warned that London’s economy and public services will suffer “scary” staff shortages if a £30,000 minimum salary threshold is imposed on foreign workers post-Brexit. The London mayor, who has thrown his support behind a fresh referendum on any Brexit deal, said there could be an exodus of
Focus Taiwan | 11 November 2018 Taipei, Nov. 10 (CNA) Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan approved a third reading of amendments to the Employment Service Act on Friday, by which employers or employment agencies could be subject to a fine of up to NT$300,000 (US$9,741) for violating migrant workers’ rights. Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Wu Yu-chin (吳玉琴),
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Phnom Penh Post | 9 November 2018 The Manpower Association of Cambodia and the Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Thai-Cambodian Relations Association on Wednesday to promote rights and welfare and protect Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand. The MoU is a new measure by the three agencies to
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