26 November 2014, The Daily Star BEIRUT: A conference aimed at tackling conditions of migrant domestic workers, including risks of abuse by their employers, was held Wednesday, amid increasing cases of foreign housemaids committing suicide in Lebanon. Lab... read more
25 November 2014, Global Construction Review Doha’s success in winning the 2019 World Athletics Championship was unexpected – the US city of Eugene, in Oregon, was favourite. What was more predictable was that the victory would be the signal for anoth... read more
24 November 2014, BBC.com Labour has said it would introduce a system of licensing to clamp down on “rogue” recruitment agencies. In a speech in London, Ed Miliband said some agencies break minimum wage laws and exploit workers by undercutting... read more
Labour migration recruitment reform has been at the top of the agenda for migrant workers, migrant civil society organizations and trade unions for many years. The recruitment process in labour migration poses particular challenges for effective regulatio... read more
24 November 2014, ArabianBusiness.com Labour ministers from Gulf and Asian countries meeting later this week have been urged to improve labour law protection, reform abusive immigration policies, and increase dialogue with trade unions and non-governmenta... read more
24 November 2014, dvb.no An MoU has been signed between Macau and Burma for the former Portuguese colony to take in 5,000 Burmese migrant workers per year. The Myanmar Overseas Employment Agency Association and its Macanese counterpart on Friday signed th... read more
23 November 2014, Times of Oman Muscat: A move to increase the fee to recruit expatriate labour in Oman has been voted down in the Majlis Al Shura on Sunday. The Majlis Al Shura’s economic committee is holding a meeting to discuss various proposals ... read more
22 November 2014, EurasiaReview.com Labor ministers from Gulf and Asian countries meeting on November 26 and 27, 2014, should improve labor law protection, reform abusive immigration policies, and increase dialogue with trade unions and nongovernmental gr... read more
19 November 2014, GMA News Online The Philippines is not the only country exerting efforts to protect its migrant workers against abusive hiring practices. In a conference last week, other Southeast Asian nations shared their own methods of keeping their ... read more
The Open Working Group on Labour Migration & Recruitment is hosting its second online discussion—this one is on the topic of recruitment fees. The charging of legal and illegal recruitment fees, which drive up the cost of migration, has been highli... read more