Saudi Gazette | 10 October 2018 RIYADH — Minister of Labor and Social Development Ahmed Bin Suleiman Al-Rajhi has emphasized the importance of true and effective partnership with the foreign recruitment sector to overcome challenges, reach a clear visio... read more
The Straits Timnes | 4 October 2018 SINGAPORE – Employment agency SRC Recruitment and one of its staff were on Thursday (Oct 4) slapped with 243 charges for “selling” maids on online marketplace Carousell. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) ... read more
Asia Times 5 October 2018 Three Filipino domestic workers have filed complaints at the Philippine Overseas Labor Office against two Hong Kong employment agencies for alleged overcharging fees. The two unnamed agencies were the Hong Kong counterparts of th... read more
Kathmandu Post 2 October 2018 Recruiting agencies have launched a protest against the government’s latest measures to manage the foreign employment sector. The Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies (NAFEA), the umbrella organisation of manpow... read more
The Daily Star | 2 October 2018 The new Malaysian government has moved to reform the country’s foreign workers’ recruitment and management policy, aiming to bring discipline to the sector. To coordinate the overall policies and the management ... read more
Bahrain News | 4 October 2018 HUNDREDS of recruitment agencies in Bahrain have been urged to regularise their status or face having their licences suspended by a government watchdog. “The idea is to ensure that this business is regulated properly, in ac... read more
France 24 | 4 October 2018 A “mafia” of recruitment agents is trapping Myanmar migrants to Thailand in debt bondage despite a 2017 law meant to fight exploitation in the kingdom’s notoriously shadowy job market, activists and workers say... read more
The Daily Star | 25 September 2018 Bangladesh and Malaysia yesterday decided to allow all licensed recruiting agencies of Bangladesh to send workers to the Southeast Asian country, following allegations of a syndicate of 10 agents monopolising labour recr... read more
Ghana Web | 18 September 2018 The Coalition of Licensed Labour Migration Agencies, returnee migrants, laid off workers and some unemployed youth groups will this morning [Tuesday] embark on a demonstration to register their displeasure at government’s c... read more
The Edge Weekly | 6 September 2018 It is an open secret that the foreign worker recruitment process is complex. Its complexity has eluded researchers trying to pin down the exact amount of money that is involved in the entire process. “The recruitment c... read more