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Foreign workers’ applications: HR ministry may go fully online
New Straits Times | 23 January 2019 PUTRAJAYA : The Human Resources Ministry is considering to fully adopt an online system with regard to foreign workers’ applications and matters that require monetary transaction. Its minister M. Kulasegaran said
Govt seeks Malaysian ‘calling visa’ details from hiring agencies
Himalayan Times | 21 January 2019 Kathmandu – The government has directed recruitment agencies of the country to submit exact details of the people who have already received ‘calling visas’ from Malaysia. Calling visas are confirmations from the
Freezing intake of Bangladeshi workers won’t stop corruption, say bosses groups
Free Malaysia Today | 22 January 2019 PETALING JAYA: Employers have dismissed calls by a former immigration department official to freeze the intake of foreign workers from Bangladesh as a means to tackle corruption in the recruitment process. Che Hassan
Action Research on Recruitment Trends
“Regulating Recruitment of Migrant Workers: An assessment of complaint mechanisms in Thailand
ILO / Asian Research Center for Migration, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University, 2013 Summary: The report finds that the complaint mechanisms available for inbound and outbound migrant workers to address grievances related to their recruit
Understanding the Organization, Operation, and Victimization Process of Labor Trafficking in the United States
October 2014, Urban Institute & Northeastern University On October 21st, the Urban Institute and Northeastern University released a new study on labour trafficking to the United States. The report examines the labour trafficking process, from recruit
“I Already Bought You”: Abuse and Exploitation of Female Migrant Domestic Workers in the United Arab Emirates
Human Rights Watch, October 2014 Human Rights Watch has released its new report on the human and labour rights violations, which include a range of abuses and forms of exploitation throughout the migration journeys of many female domestic workers in the