Staff Correspondent 12:00 AM, November 16, 2016 / Daily Star Malaysian Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot yesterday informed the government that they will hire workers from Bangladesh in three sectors — construction, plantation and manufacturing. The minister, who arrived yesterday, revealed the information after holding a bilateral meeting with Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas […]
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105th session of the International Labour Conference During the 105th session of the ILC, calls for a binding instrument on Decent Work Global Supply Chains are being debated. Including this item on the agenda has been a longstanding call from the Workers’ Group. With low-wage migrant workers often occupying the bottom of the supply chain,
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11 March 2016, Philippine Information Agency More overseas Filipino workers will have the chance of finding employment opportunities as South Korea’s manufacturing sector increased its quota under the Employment Permit System (EPS) this year. Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz said she received a letter from Choi Junha, Director of the Foreign Workforce Division
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19 February 2016, Arab News The Cambodian government has set up 42 recruiting offices in the country. The offices will send domestic workers to the Kingdom during the coming months, the Ministry of Labor announced on Thursday. Last week, the Kingdom and Cambodia signed a deal for the recruitment of domestic and general workers. The
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19 February 2016, The Borneo Post The government has decided to delay the recruitment of foreign labour, including those from Bangladesh. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Zahid Ahmad Hamidi after attending a function at Muara Tuang Army Camp here today (Feb 19). “The government has decided to delay recruiting all foreign
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19 February 2016, Bloomberg Malaysia said it will suspend the recruitment of foreign workers while it assesses gaps in the labor force, a second flip-flop on employment policies this month after objections over the plans. The freeze will also allow the government to review a levy system for overseas workers in Malaysia, state news agency Bernama reported Friday,
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21 December 2015, Prothom Alo Bangladesh will have to wait more to send ‘regular workers’ to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the labour recruiting companies of that country are still working on ‘redesigning’ their recruitment process. Both the countries are, however, hopeful of export of ‘large scale’ Bangladeshi workers, including more skilled manpower, to
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15 September 2015, Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — An Ethiopian diplomat has refuted claims that domestic labor recruitment from his country would recommence, saying that salaries would have to increase before any recruitment deal could be made. Liaison Officer at the Ethiopian Embassy, Temsegen Omar, confirmed that his country has rejected calls for a return of
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4 September 2015, The Toronto Star After lobbying by oil companies, the federal government allowed Alberta to recruit foreign workers faster than before. Gil McGowan was elected president of the Alberta Federation of Labour in 2005, just as oilsands development was starting to heat up. And he has been in the hot seat ever since.
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2 September 2015, Khaleej Times The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs on Monday issued an order directing changes in the system. The Indian government has modified its online recruitment system after a plethora of complaints from foreign employers, workers and recruitment agencies. Due to glitches in the ‘eMigrate system’, thousands of blue-collar Indian workers lost
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