Three questioned after NIA raids
Taipei Times | 30 January 2019 ILLEGAL BROKERS:Prosecutors said that 30 Taiwanese who had hired migrant caretaker
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Qatar-Tajikistan pact on workers’ recruitment
The Peninsula Qatar | 4 February 2019 Doha: The State of Qatar and the Republic of Tajikistan signed yesterday an agreement on the regulations of workers recruitment from Tajikistan to work in Qatar. The agreement was signed by Minister of Administrative
Cost of hiring a foreign worker inflates in Malaysia
Sin Chew Daily / Eleven Myanmar | 3 February 2019 Malaysia [Sin Chew Daily] – Business owners urge the government to cut red tape on the hiring of foreign workers in a bid to reduce costs. The latest policy on the recruitment of foreign workers is s
Japan to toughen controls on brokers for foreign workers as it prepares to bring in blue-collar labor
Japan Times | 30 January 2019 The government is planning to strengthen regulations on brokers who collect large sums from foreign nationals seeking to work in Japan as the country prepares to bring in blue-collar workers from overseas under new visas. Acc
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Good practices and provisions in multilateral and bilateral labour agreements and memoranda of understanding
Memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and bilateral labour agreements (BLAs) are important instruments between the countries of origin and countries of destination. They help regulate labour migration, protect migrant workers’ rights and guarantee condition
Shortchanged: The Big Business Behind the Low Wage J-1 Au Pair Program
Every year, tens of thousands of internationally recruited au pairs come to the United States with the promise of a cultural exchange under the J-1 visa program. Instead, many encounter wage theft, discrimination and exploitation. “Shortchanged The
Domestic Workers and Employers in the Arab States: Promising Practices and Innovative Models for a Productive Working Relationship
The domestic work sector in the Middle East is constantly evolving. No longer are domestic workers employed only to clean homes – modern households are increasingly expecting domestic workers to support the care of children during critical stages of dev
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2018 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration and Fair Recruitment
The 4th Global Media Competition on Labour Migration focuses on labour migration and the fair recruitment of migrant workers. The 2018 media competition will be contributing to the UN TOGETHER campaign (https://together.un.org/) which has the purpose of encouraging global action in promoting non-discrimination and addressing the problem of rising xenophobia against refugees and migrants.
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