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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26 August 2014, The Times of India On April 24, 2014, during a time of almost daily media reports of employers abusing the temporary foreign worker program (TFWP), CBC News released audio of a leaked internal McDonald’s Canada telephone conference in which its chief executive officer stated “… the fact of the matter is we’re
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4 August 2014, Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The Kingdom will soon start recruiting housemaids from Vietnam and Nepal, according to Deputy Labor Minister Mofarej Al-Haqbani. “Agreements to this effect will be signed with the two countries before the Haj season in October,” he told Okaz/Saudi Gazette on Sunday during an Eid party organized by his
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28 July 2014, Emirates 24/7 Saudi Arabia is planning to bring nearly 100,000 Indian domestic workers in 2014 following their recent agreement on the recruitment of housemaids. The maids would be brought to families in the Gulf Kingdom through labor recruitment offices which have been asked to abide by the agreement signed between the two
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10 July 2014, Two Circles.net Riyadh : Saudi Arabia has started issuing recruitment visas for domestic maids from India under a new employment contract finalised by the two nations, media reported Thursday. Saudi Deputy Labour Minister Mufarrij Al-Huqbani said in a statement that the joint Saudi-Indian joint committee on labour issues finalised the recruitment contract
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21 July 2014, Business Standard The age of Indian domestic workers looking for employment in Saudi Arabia has been set between 25 and 50 years under a new employment agreement finalised by the two countries, media reported. “Our agreement with India sets the age of the domestic workers coming to the Kingdom (Saudi Arabia) at
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17 July 2014, Arab News There is no mandatory minimum wage for Indian domestic workers in the new recruitment scheme, Ahmed Al-Fuhaid, deputy labor minister for international affairs, told Arab News on Tuesday. “This is an open market and the Indian government has not placed any binding conditions in terms of monetary compensation, but fair
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Agence France Presse, The Daily Star Lebanon DOHA: World Cup 2022 host Qatar, under international criticism over working conditions for migrant workers, said recruitment agencies in Asia were the main party to blame for any abuse. A report commissioned by the Qatar Foundation chaired by the ruling emir’s mother charged that the rights of migrants,
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