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‘Serious penalty’ warning to erring job agencies

7 February 2015, Gulf Times Recruitment agencies and employers in Qatar involved in anomalies such as “contract substitution” will face “serious punishment” from the Qatari government, according to Hans Cacdac, administrator of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). He was quoting officials of Qatar’s Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare during their Joint Labour Committee […]

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Philippines gets Qatar’s nod to further protect OFW’s welfare

7 February 2015, Gulf Times The Philippine government has received a positive response from Qatar’s Ministry of Labour to further enhance the protection of overseas Filipino workers’ welfare in the country, a senior official of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has said. POEA Administrator Hans Cacdac told reporters that they proposed to have an agreement

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Saudi delegation due Sunday

6 February 2015, The Daily Star A high-profile Saudi delegation will arrive in Dhaka on Sunday to discuss the recruitment procedure of workers from Bangladesh to the kingdom. “The team will discuss different issues regarding recruitment of manpower from Bangladesh,” Sarwar Alam, counsellor (Labour wing) at Bangladesh embassy in Riyadh, told The Daily Star over

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Imelda Fronda Saluma charged in $1.5M immigration fraud scheme

5 February 2015, CBC News A Toronto woman has been charged in connection with a scheme that defrauded would-be immigrant workers of more than $1.5 million, police say. The investigation into GoWest Jobs International, an employment recruiting agency on Finch Avenue West that specializes in immigrant workers, began in October last year. According to police,

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Agencies curtailing better labour practices

4 February 2015, FMT News PETALING JAYA: The use of independent agencies in hiring workers is a major hindrance to ensuring decent working conditions in the Malaysian electronics industry, according to the Washington-based Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC). Because the agencies are in reality the employers, it’s difficult for the companies belonging to the coalition

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Gulf country job racket busted, three held with 200 passports

31 January 2015, Press Trust of India Police today busted a Gulf country job racket by arresting three persons and seized over 200 passports from them. Based on credible information, the sleuths of Commissioner’s Task Force, (North Zone) nabbed the agents who were cheating the unemployed youth and carrying the business of recruitment for deployment

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Nepal steps up efforts to protect its workers in the Gulf

23 January 2015, GCR Government pushes Qatar to set a minimum wage for 400,000 migrant workers and cut out private labour agencies The government of Nepal has set out a raft of measures to prevent its citizens from being exploited when they work abroad, with particular emphasis on regulating the conduct of labour agencies that

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Business groups criticise new visa services for foreign workers

29 January 2015, The Malaysian Insider Business leaders in the country are disapproving the outsourcing of visa services by the Home Ministry to a private company, saying it will drive up costs and complicate the process of bringing in foreign workers. The Star Online reported today that thirty local business and commerce groups issued a

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