8 September 2014, The Daily Star Lebanon BEIRUT: Migrant worker recruitment agencies are making elaborate profits off the back of migrant domestic workers who continue to face extremely harsh labor and living conditions in Lebanon, a new report said. “The report found that those migrant domestic workers interviewed as part of this study are victims […]
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9 September 2014, Tanzania Daily News THE government has unveiled its approved list of qualified labour recruitment agencies, which are permitted to work in the country. Speaking with reporters in Dar es Salaam, on Monday, the Communications Officer in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr Ridhiwan Wema, said that the move is aimed at
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6 September 2014, Arab News The Ministry of Labor has imposed a ban on the recruitment of labor from Ebola-affected countries of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Deputy Labor Minister Moufarrej Al-Haqbani said the decision was taken as a preventive measure against the spread of the Ebola virus in the Kingdom, describing it as a
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4 September 2014, The Peninsula DOHA: Qataris are urging the authorities to set up a state-run recruitment agency that would take care of their interests while bringing housemaids into the country and not engage in fraudulent activities, as is being done by private recruitment firms. The request comes as the Ministry of Labour is undertaking
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Thomson-Reuters, 2 September 2014 NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Kenyan domestic worker in Saudi Arabia was attacked by her employer with a kitchen knife and stabbed eight times before wresting the knife from him, The Star newspaper reported on Tuesday. After recovering in hospital, she was taken to a desert jail where she met
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UFCW Canada has mounted a campaign in response to allegations that migrant farmworkers are being blacklisted from being able to return for work through the Canada-Mexico government-to-government recruitment process. These workers are being blacklisted from returning to British Columbia, Canada for voicing support for unionization and collective bargaining. The evidence includes leaked documents that indicate
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Saudi Press Agency, 1 September 2014 The Ministry of Labor has suspended the issuance of recruitment visas granted for three African countries infected with Ebola virus, namely Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. This action has been taken as part of preventive measures and precautions to counter the virus spreading in West Africa. These measures and
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31 August 2014, Arab News The Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) organized a support program for businesses with the Labor Ministry on Thursday following the adoption of recruitment offices. The meeting took place in the presence of company owners, Abdul Mouneem Al-Sharhi, Labor Ministry branch manager in the Makkah region, Khalaf Al-Otaibi, JCCI
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30 August 2014, Arab News Agreement for the recruitment of Indian housemaids across the Kingdom is very much intact as the recruitment process is in progress and not stalled as reported in a section of local media. Reports published in local media quoting a labor official said that recruitment efforts for housemaids from India have
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30 August 2014, Colombo Gazette Saudi officials have announced a five-day visit to Sri Lanka in a bid to overcome “difficulties” related to the recruitment of domestic workers from the south Asian country, arabianbusiness.com reported. The Gulf kingdom’s National Committee of Recruitment of the Council of Saudi Chambers said in comments reported by Saudi Press
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