5 April 2015, Nepali Times Nepal and Qatar governments have vowed to crack down on manpower agencies that illegally charge money from the Qatar-bound Nepali migrant workers. “Nepalis need not pay a single rupee to go to work in Qatar,” said Tek Bahadur Gurung, Nepal’s state minister for labor. “Qatari companies that hire migrant workers […]
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28 March 2015, Emirates 24/7 UAE, IOM agree to conduct study on Labour Recruitment Industry The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the International Organisation for Migration have recently signed an agreement to conduct a field study about the Labour Recruitment Industry as per the framework of the Abu Dhabi dialogue, to develop an understanding of
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1 March 2015, eKantipur.com KATHMANDU, MAR 01 – Foreign employment agencies have disregarded the new provision that requires them to conduct all their financial transactions through banks. Officials working at the frontline desk of the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) said none of the recruiting firms have complied to the new regulation introduced on January
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22 February 2015, Times of Oman Muscat: As governments commit to new labour contracts designed to safeguard their citizens overseas, the debate over fair pay and conditions for expatriate maids in Oman has reopened. Some employers in Sultanate have expressed “disappointment” over increasing procedural difficulties when trying to hire domestic staff, while champions of migrant
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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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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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19 January 2015, MyRepública Recruiting firms threaten to stop processing Malaysia-bound workers KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Amid fierce opposition from the manpower recruiting companies, Malaysia- one of the preferred working destinations for Nepali migrant workers – has has brought into effect a bio-metric system for Nepal along with 14 other countries. The bio-metric system is a
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15 January 2015, my República KATHMANDU, Jan 15: The government is preparing to lower the ceiling for fees that aspirant overseas workers pay to recruitment firms. The Ministry of Labor and Employment is mulling over lowering the ceiling realizing that many manpower firms were overcharging youth heading to different overseas destinations. Minister of State for
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12 January 2015, myRepublica KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Asha BK, a Constituent Assembly member, was queuing up at the lobby of the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) at Singha Durbar on Sunday to meet State Minister Tek Bahadur Gurung. She wanted to seek the state minister´s intervention over a migrant worker from her Bnke constituency
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5 January 2015, Kafa (Enough) Violence & Exploitation, Lebanon Prepared by Kafa (Enough) Violence & Exploitation, Lebanon, this video is based on a report that examines the processes and practices pertaining to the recruitment of migrant domestic workers (MDWs) from Nepal and Bangladesh and explores their work and living conditions in Lebanon. Click here for
