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Apple ends system of recruitment fees that tied labor to contractors

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11 February 2015, PC World Apple has forced its suppliers to end a form of “bonded labor” that saddled assembly line workers with unnecessary hiring fees, and put them in debt to third-party recruiters. The requirement went into effect starting this year, the company said on Wednesday in its latest supplier responsibility report, which examines […]

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A ‘Yelp’ for Migrant Workers: Local nonprofit’s tool spreads the word about abusive and deceitful employers and recruiters

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10 February 2015, City Paper Migrants working legally in the U.S. on temporary visas can end up as virtual slaves. They can’t change jobs, they’re often paid less than minimum wage for 80 or more hours a week, and they can’t usually return to the U.S. to sue their employer in court—there’s no visa program

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Malaysia no longer allowed to recruit RI workers directly

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10 February 2015, The Jakarta Post Manpower Minister Hanif Dakhiri, who accompanied President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s on his recent state visit to Malaysia, has announced that Malaysian employers will no longer be allowed to recruit Indonesian workers directly. “All recruitment of Indonesian workers for employment in Malaysia must be conducted by authorized labor-supplying companies in

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KSA to recruit 10,000 workers every month for free

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10 February 2015, Dhaka Tribune Saudi Arabia is going to import around 10,000 workers from Bangladesh every month in 10 categories of household jobs, free of cost. The decision came at a meeting between Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain and a 19-member delegation led by Saudi Deputy Minister for International Affairs

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Saudi delegation due Sunday

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6 February 2015, The Daily Star A high-profile Saudi delegation will arrive in Dhaka on Sunday to discuss the recruitment procedure of workers from Bangladesh to the kingdom. “The team will discuss different issues regarding recruitment of manpower from Bangladesh,” Sarwar Alam, counsellor (Labour wing) at Bangladesh embassy in Riyadh, told The Daily Star over

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Gulf country job racket busted, three held with 200 passports

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31 January 2015, Press Trust of India Police today busted a Gulf country job racket by arresting three persons and seized over 200 passports from them. Based on credible information, the sleuths of Commissioner’s Task Force, (North Zone) nabbed the agents who were cheating the unemployed youth and carrying the business of recruitment for deployment

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Man loses P150,000 to illegal recruiter referred by cousin

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31 January 2015, Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—A man in Manila fell prey to illegal recruiters and lost P150,000 after trusting the referral of his cousin who turned out to be an alleged accomplice of the bogus recruitment agency, police said. Manolito Reyes lost the amount after he paid it to All Overseas International Placement

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