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Online blacklist of rogue Hong Kong job agencies to help domestic workers

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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Agents hail move to end use of SPPA system

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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45 manpower agencies shut down over violations

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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TEKAM wants to partner government on foreign worker hiring

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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Mahathir govt suspends 10 recruiting agencies of Bangladesh

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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FMM: Let’s have clear policy on foreign workers

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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Caught Between Dreams and Reality

By Fayeka Zabeen Siddiqua and Md Shahnawaz Khan Chandan The Daily Star | March 03, 2017 After three months as a migrant domestic worker in Saudi Arabia, Ejjatun Begum from Barisal realised one thing clearly – she had gotten herself into a trap. She finally understood that the local middleman, who had lured her with

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The role of labour market intermediaries in driving forced and unfree labour

18 February 2015, Open Democracy There has been lots of talk about multinational corporations’ responsibility for fuelling forced labour. But what about the labour market intermediaries who recruit and supply vulnerable workers to these firms? In many people’s minds, words like trafficking and modern slavery are associated with sexual exploitation, especially of women and children.

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