New Age Bangladesh | 7 September The Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training officials on Thursday stressed the need to bring middlemen and brokers involved with the process of recruitment of workers for overseas jobs under the legal framework. Speaking at a ‘Coordination Meeting between BMET and the WARBE Development Foundation at BMET’s conference room […]
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The Daily Star | 31 August 2018 The much talked about 10 recruiting agents, accused of monopoly in labour recruitment in Malaysia, said they had no control over the excessive migration cost. They held a press conference yesterday at The Westin Dhaka amid media reports accusing the agencies of monopoly and charging exorbitant fees from
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New Age Bangladesh | 29 August 2018 Expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister Nurul Islam on Tuesday said that the government would call for explanations from 10 recruiting agencies on allegation of monopoly and syndication in recruitment of Bangladeshi workers for Malaysia. At a press conference at Probashi Kalyan Bhaban, he said that the government
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The Star Online | 28 August 2018 Like employers, Bangladeshi workers too have much to gain from this move. The workers and their families have been paying up to RM20,000 to work in Malaysia. These high fees were a result of sub-agents, who recruited the workers, having to pay one of the 10 authorised companies
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By Danny Lee South China Morning Post | 11 August 2018 The Labour Department intends to begin publishing blacklists of rogue employment agencies online to help Hong Kong jobseekers, especially domestic helpers, stay clear of unscrupulous operators such as those charging exorbitant fees. The lists, to be updated monthly, will name agencies that fall into
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The Star | 28 August 2018 PETALING JAYA: The government’s decision to stop using the Foreign Worker Application System (SPPA) will reduce the financial burden on Bangladeshi workers and their families who have been paying up to RM20,000 to work in Malaysia. Recruitment agents both here and in Bangladesh welcomed the decision as they said
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GDN Online 10 August 2018 MORE than 45 manpower agencies have been closed in Bahrain over the past four years for breaching operating rules. They were shut down by the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), which initiated legal action against 13 of them for alleged human trafficking. CLICK TO READ FULL ARTICLE
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Human Resources Online | 20 August 2018 The Malaysian Association of Suppliers and Employees Management of Foreign Workers (TEKAM) expressed interest on partnering the government in finding a solution and supplement its efforts in the recruitment of foreign workers into the country. Set up in 2006, TEKAM has 149 outsourcing companies as members. However, since
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New Age Bangladesh | 14 August 2018 Malaysia’s new government of prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad reopened up the process of hiring workers from Bangladesh to all the recruiting agencies after suspending the cartel of 10 agencies in Bangladesh. Mahathir announced his government’s decision at a news conference, Kuala Lumpur daily The Star reported on
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By Nurul Azwa Aris Free Malaysia Today | 8 June 2018 PETALING JAYA: The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) said today there is need for a comprehensive policy on foreign workers based on the country’s economic ambitions. FMM vice-president Nathan Suppiah also said foreign worker management must come under the human resources ministry and not
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