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‘Serious penalty’ warning to erring job agencies

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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

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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

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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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Agencies curtailing better labour practices

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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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Bangladesh to send 2 million workers to Saudi Arabia

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5 February 2015, News Next International Desk: Bangladesh is ready to send over two million trained workers to Saudi Arabia including 500,000 maids to meet the Kingdom’s labour requirement, reported Arab News. The workforce would include engineers, maids, nurses and drivers, said Consul General Shahidul Karim in comments published on Wednesday. Saudi has already set

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Employment agencies threaten to stop sending Indonesian workers

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28 January 2015, The Star PETALING JAYA: The visa-processing fee for Indonesian workers headed to Malaysia has seen a steep hike – from RM15 to RM250 – and angry employment agency operators have threatened to stop sending workers here. Asosiasi Perusahaan Jasa Tenaga Kerja Indonesia (Apjati), which represents over 500 agencies, has written to the

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Gov’t Launches Three-Year Roadmap on Migrant Labor Policy

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19 December 2014, The Cambodia Daily The Labor Ministry on Thursday launched a new three-year policy for improving the lot of Cambodia’s more than 700,000 migrant workers that includes plans to step up monitoring of the country’s often-abusive recruitment agencies and add labor attachés to more embassies. Released to coincide with International Migration Day, the

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Policy Brief: Labor Migration Agents: Regulation, Accountability and Alternatives

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Policy Brief No. 5, June 2014 Centre for the Study of Labour & Mobility, University of New South Wales, Australia Authors: Eleanor Taylor-Nicholson, Sarah Paoleti, Bandita Sijapati, Bassina Farenblum SUMMARY The extensive use of unregulated labor migration agents is a common policy challenge in migrant labor origin countries. While agents provide migrant workers with much-needed

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Policy Brief: The Exploitation-Trafficking Continuum in Labor Migration and the Need for Reform in Nepal

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Policy Brief No. 4, June 2014 Centre for the Study of Labour & Mobility, University of New South Wales, Australia Authors: Eleanor Taylor-Nicholson, Sarah Paoleti, Bandita Sijapati, Bassina Farenblum SUMMARY Every year, Nepali migrant workers report experiencing severe abuse, exploitation, debt bondage and forced labor while abroad. In some cases, where abuses are linked to

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