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Apple ends system of recruitment fees that tied labor to contractors

11 February 2015, PC World Apple has forced its suppliers to end a form of “bonded labor” that saddled assembly line workers with unnecessary hiring fees, and put them in debt to third-party recruiters. The requirement went into effect starting this year, the company said on Wednesday in its latest supplier responsibility report, which examines […]

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“The Dirty Secret Behind the NYU, Louvre, and Guggenheim Projects in Abu Dhabi”

Watch this powerful video from Human Rights Watch, detailing migrants’ rights violations throughout the migration process.

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KSA to recruit 10,000 workers every month for free

10 February 2015, Dhaka Tribune Saudi Arabia is going to import around 10,000 workers from Bangladesh every month in 10 categories of household jobs, free of cost. The decision came at a meeting between Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain and a 19-member delegation led by Saudi Deputy Minister for International Affairs

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Keeping migration costs within reasonable limit

29 January 2015, The Financial Express It is a welcome piece of news that the Saudi Arabia has decided to reopen its labour market for local jobseekers after a seven-year ban on manpower recruitment from Bangladesh. The country’s overall manpower export started declining significantly when the Saudi authorities brought allegations of anomalies in the recruitment

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Domestic workers from Myanmar forced into modern slavery

12 January 2015, Myanmar Times Unable to move except for her head, Thuzar Myint lies motionless in the hospital bed. The bones in her right leg and back are broken and the bones on the left side of her body are cracked. “I was unconscious for two weeks. Even now, three months later, my condition

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Electronics Industry Outlines Next Steps Against Forced Labor in Malaysia

7 January 2015, The Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 07 /CSRwire/ – The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), a nonprofit coalition of leading electronics companies dedicated to supply chain responsibility, today announced that it will conduct shadow audits and increase its industry and government engagement in Malaysia to further combat forced labor. The

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Gulf Countries: Increase Migrant Worker Protection, Says HRW

22 November 2014, EurasiaReview.com Labor ministers from Gulf and Asian countries meeting on November 26 and 27, 2014, should improve labor law protection, reform abusive immigration policies, and increase dialogue with trade unions and nongovernmental groups, 90 human rights organizations and unions said today. Millions of contract workers from Asia and Africa, including an estimated

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G-to-G Worker Recruitment Mechanism To Bring Costs Down

24 October 2014, Bernama.com.my KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 (Bernama) — Malaysia and Bangladesh intend to carry out the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers to Malaysia on a government-to-government (G-to-G) arrangement, without the involvement of any third party, agent, outsourcing company or employer. The Human Resources Ministry said this mechanism would minimise the recruitment cost from RM13,000

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