Sarwat Nasir | July 24, 2017 Khaleej Times Khaleej Times spoke to two maids who said their previous employers did not give them any days off or their gratuity. Housemaids are desperately waiting for the new domestic workers law to be implemented, as many claim they are overworked by their employers. Khaleej Times spoke to […]
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By Pete Pattisson The Guardian, Monday 21 November 2016 Samsung and Panasonic, two of the world’s leading electronics brands, are facing allegations that workers in their supply chains are being duped, exploited and underpaid in Malaysia. The two companies have launched investigations into allegations of abuse made by Nepalese workers after a Guardian investigation raised
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15 March 2016, The Wall Street Journal The plight of domestic workers in Hong Kong has made headlines in recent years after several high-profile cases in which employers had beat and tortured their helpers. A new study shows that, far from being isolated cases, instances of abuse are more routine and widespread than previously suspected.
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24 December 2015, Myanmar Times The report into working conditions in Thailand’s poultry industry named three licensed Myanmar recruiting firms – Yun Nadi Oo, Arbourfield and Top Today Star – that were sending workers to Thailand through official channels established under a 2003 memorandum of understanding. The report by European NGOs Swedwatch and Finnwatch said
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3 March 2015, Scoop.co.nz GENEVA / KUALA LUMPUR (2 March 2015) – United Nations human rights expert Maria Grazia Giammarinaro urged* the Malaysian Government to improve the prevention of trafficking in persons and the protection of human rights of its victims at the end of her first official visit to the country. There is an
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Migrant Workers’ Rights on Saadiyat Island in the United Arab Emirates: 2015 Progress Report, Human Rights Watch, 2015 SUMMARY “Migrant Workers’ Rights on Saadiyat Island in the United Arab Emirates: 2015 Progress Report,” is the third Human Rights Watch report on migrant worker abuses on the Saadiyat Island site. The report details how, five years
25 November 2014, Global Construction Review Doha’s success in winning the 2019 World Athletics Championship was unexpected – the US city of Eugene, in Oregon, was favourite. What was more predictable was that the victory would be the signal for another chorus of calls for Qatar to do more to safeguard the welfare of its
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24 November 2014, ArabianBusiness.com Labour ministers from Gulf and Asian countries meeting later this week have been urged to improve labour law protection, reform abusive immigration policies, and increase dialogue with trade unions and non-governmental groups. A total of 90 human rights organisations and unions have issued a joint statement calling for action to protect
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21 October 2014, The Phnom Penh Post Twenty-five migrant workers who claim they were duped out of hundreds of dollars by a Phnom Penh-based recruitment agency promising jobs in Thailand were repatriated yesterday after being arrested and detained by Thai authorities. Sin Nang Young, commune chief of Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town – where the
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4 August 2014, News10ABC.net Thousands of miles from home, stained with toxic chemicals and threatened with guns, workers say they couldn’t leave even if they wanted to. The migrant workers, all from Mexico, were in a foreign country and they say their passports had been confiscated by company supervisors. That’s part of a story told
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