Traverse City Record-Eagle, 15 August 2014 TRAVERSE CITY — Farmers looking for workers this harvest season are encouraged to consider using a federal system that recruits farm labor nationally. Gerardo Aranda of the Michigan Workforce Development Agency said the federal Agricultural Recruitment System used to be a regular tool for Michigan farmers who sought labor. […]
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In 2013, the Canadian Council for Refugees published a series of report cards on the treatment of migrant workers in Canada by the national and provincial governments. Each of these report cards highlights abuses in the system of recruitment, alongside other egregious rights violations and other issues affecting migrant workers in Canada. Visit the CCR
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9 August 2014, The Business Recorder ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Labour of Saudi Arabia has issued more than 220,000 visas to recruitment companies and establishments in both the private and public sector, said Abdulaziz Al-Harbi, director-general of employment. He said around 176,000 visas were given to companies in the public and private sector, while the
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8 August 2014, Australian Ageing Agenda Ethno-specific aged care provider Fronditha Care has been given the green light to sponsor 60 overseas personal care workers in the first agreement to be struck with the Federal Government. It comes amid growing calls for personal care workers to be added to the Skilled Occupations List. The three-year
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4 August 2014, Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The Kingdom will soon start recruiting housemaids from Vietnam and Nepal, according to Deputy Labor Minister Mofarej Al-Haqbani. “Agreements to this effect will be signed with the two countries before the Haj season in October,” he told Okaz/Saudi Gazette on Sunday during an Eid party organized by his
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2 August, 2014, Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand A raft of new labour-hire companies have set up in post-quake Christchurch, prompting concerns from unions and audits from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). The labour-hire business is exploding as the rebuild reaches momentum, with at least 17 new agencies opening in the past three years.
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30 July 2014, SFGate Gov. Brown and Mexican officials signed agreements on economic cooperation and migrant workers this morning, wrapping up Brown’s three-day trade and investment trip to Mexico. On migrant workers, the two sides will look to create “a voluntary pilot program to help prevent abuses in the recruitment of Mexican H-2 temporary workers
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28 July 2014, Emirates 24/7 Saudi Arabia is planning to bring nearly 100,000 Indian domestic workers in 2014 following their recent agreement on the recruitment of housemaids. The maids would be brought to families in the Gulf Kingdom through labor recruitment offices which have been asked to abide by the agreement signed between the two
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