The Himalayan Times | 11 February 2019 A parliamentary panel has endorsed a proposal to jack up cash deposit and bank guarantee required to establish a manpower agency by up to 29 times and 17 times, respectively, in a bid to tighten the noose around comp... read more
Channel News Asia | 13 November 2018 SINGAPORE: An employment agent who took to online marketplace Carousell to advertise maids on behalf of her agency SRC Recruitment was on Tuesday (Nov 13) fined S$20,000. Erleena Mohd Ali, 41, is the first to be prosec... read more
Phnom Penh Post | 9 November 2018 The Manpower Association of Cambodia and the Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Thai-Cambodian Relations Association on Wednesday to promote rights and welfar... read more
The Star Online| 9 November 2018 JOHOR BARU: The Johor Indian Business Association (Jiba) welcomes the move by the government to abolish the service of agents in recruiting foreign workers soon. President P. Sivakumar said it was the right step for the Hu... read more
The Daily Star | 1 November 2018 The previous Najib Razak-led Malaysian government had created the manpower syndicate which “monopolised” the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers in the Southeast Asian country, according to officials and documents obtai... read more
The Guardian | 29 October 2018 The Guardian has found evidence that hotel staff in the world’s richest country are paid below the minimum wage for enduring long shifts in intense heat The Marsa Malaz Kempinski hotel rises like a fairytale palace from a ... read more
The Daily Star Bangladesh | 30 October 2018 The High Court yesterday directed the government to form an inter-ministerial committee to investigate the monopoly of 10 recruiting agencies, which had been engaged in labour recruitment from Bangladesh to Mala... read more
Fibre2Fashion.com | 27 October 2018 A hundred and twenty three apparel and footwear firms in the United States signed the new ‘AAFA/FLA Apparel & Footwear Industry Commitment to Responsible Recruitment’, reflecting the industry’s obligation to f... read more
New Straits Times | 24 October 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: The system of recruiting foreign workers through agents or companies will be abolished soon. Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the task, which is now outsourced by the ministry to more than 100 c... read more
The Edge Markets | 25 October 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: There will be no more middlemen, who earn super-high profits, in the hiring of foreign workers in Malaysia soon. The joint committee between the home ministry and human resources ministry on the management ... read more