New Straits Times | 24 October 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: The system of recruiting foreign workers through agents or companies will be abolished soon. Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the task, which is now outsourced by the ministry to more than 100 companies, would be taken over by the Human Resource Ministry via Private […]
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The Edge Markets | 25 October 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: There will be no more middlemen, who earn super-high profits, in the hiring of foreign workers in Malaysia soon. The joint committee between the home ministry and human resources ministry on the management of foreign workers has decided to discontinue the practice of outsourcing foreign worker
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Saudi Gazette | 10 October 2018 RIYADH — Minister of Labor and Social Development Ahmed Bin Suleiman Al-Rajhi has emphasized the importance of true and effective partnership with the foreign recruitment sector to overcome challenges, reach a clear vision that serves stakeholders and to facilitate Saudi recruitment procedures. At the workshop on “Challenges and Issues
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The Straits Timnes | 4 October 2018 SINGAPORE – Employment agency SRC Recruitment and one of its staff were on Thursday (Oct 4) slapped with 243 charges for “selling” maids on online marketplace Carousell. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in a statement that the advertisements were placed between Sept 1 and 17, and had
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Asia Times 5 October 2018 Three Filipino domestic workers have filed complaints at the Philippine Overseas Labor Office against two Hong Kong employment agencies for alleged overcharging fees. The two unnamed agencies were the Hong Kong counterparts of the Manila-based Spear International Manpower, sunwebhk.com reported, citing Esther C Bangcawayan, an officer with the Mission for
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Kathmandu Post 2 October 2018 Recruiting agencies have launched a protest against the government’s latest measures to manage the foreign employment sector. The Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies (NAFEA), the umbrella organisation of manpower companies, has threatened to shut down all their services if the government does not roll back its decisions. Accusing the
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The Daily Star | 2 October 2018 The new Malaysian government has moved to reform the country’s foreign workers’ recruitment and management policy, aiming to bring discipline to the sector. To coordinate the overall policies and the management of migrant workers, the new government, led by Mahathir Mohamad, has formed an independent committee which will
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Bahrain News | 4 October 2018 HUNDREDS of recruitment agencies in Bahrain have been urged to regularise their status or face having their licences suspended by a government watchdog. “The idea is to ensure that this business is regulated properly, in accordance with international standards,” LMRA chief executive Ausamah Al Absi told the GDN. “We
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