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Grading scheme for maid agencies runs into a snag

The Straits Times | 2 January 2019 A planned scheme to grade maid employment agencies and boost the professionalism of the industry has been delayed for over a year after several issues were raised during consultation sessions. The Trustmark scheme was fi

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Government drafts MoU for sending workers to Japan

Kathmandu Post | 28 December 2018 The Nepal government has started working on a draft labour agreement after Japan announced it would hire thousands of workers from various countries, including Nepal. The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security

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Foreign worker sector braces for a tough 2019

The Malaysian Reserve | 24 December 2019 Foreign worker agencies are bracing for a tough 2019 as the government follows through with its promise to regularise the labour market, cut out fraud and protect foreign workers’ rights. The agencies are also ex

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Malaysia to remove middlemen from recruitment process

New Age Bangladesh | 26 December 2019 Malaysia decided to eliminate middlemen who charge millions of foreign workers exorbitant recruitment fees, leaving them saddled with debt and vulnerable to exploitation. From factories to construction sites and plant

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Direct hiring of migrant workers

The Financial Express| 24 December 2018 Unsurprisingly, Kuala Lumpur takes the lead in weeding out middlemen or agents from its pre-existing migrant workers’ recruitment policies and practices. In a propitious combination of circumstances, one may a

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Drop in permits to work in Malaysia

Kathmandu Post | 23 December 2018 The number of permits issued to Nepalis aspiring to work in various countries has gone down in the past few months. In the first four months of the current fiscal year, the Department of Foreign Employment issued a total

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