1 March 2016, Gulf news Governments of two major Indian states have moved to protect blue collar workers from exploitation by recruitment agents, officials said. Two delegations led by ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Telangana states are here for employers... read more
17 February 2016, CitizenTV The government has embarked on a program that will vet all recruitment agencies in the country involved in labor exportation to foreign nations. Labour Cabinet Secretary Phyllis Kandie said that the move encompassed systematic ... read more
2 September 2015, The Daily Star Recruitment offices in Saudi Arabia have decided to stop hiring Bangladeshi domestic workers, claiming that a supply crunch has raised costs, says Arab News. According to a report the local English daily ran yesterday, Ibr... read more
7 August 2015, Nepali Times Nepal and Israel have signed an agreement allowing Nepali women to work as caretakers in the Jewish state. Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE)’s Director General Bharat Raj Subedi and Israeli ambassador to Nepal Yaron May... read more
4 August 2015, WantChinaTimes.com Workers from the Philippines will be able to travel to Taiwan for work in two or three weeks at the earliest after Taiwan and the Philippines signed cooperation guidelines Monday on worker recruitment, management and serv... read more
26 July 2015, eKantipur KATHMANDU, JUL 26 – Scores of foreign employment agencies were secretly receiving work permits from the government while their umbrella organisation, Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies (Nafea), was enforcing “... read more
Karl Flecker & Teresa Healy, Solidarity Center, 2015 SUMMARY This publication “explore[s] a range of initiatives showing potential to effectively uphold, monitor and enforce adherence to labor regulation for workers employed under bilateral temp... read more
9 July 2015, Kathmandu Post KATHMANDU, JUL 09 – As much the government decision to waive visa fee and air fare from the workers visiting the Gulf states and Malaysia has enraged the foreign employment agencies in the country, it has also brought equ... read more
9 July 2015, EKantipur.com KATHMANDU, JUL 09 – The Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies (Nafea) started an indefinite strike on Wednesday protesting government’s decision to provide free visa and free air ticket to migrant workers goin... read more
6 July 2015, Arab News Investors and proprietors of recruitment offices have blamed the Ministry of Labor for the rise in the number of illegal brokers, saying that some of the rules are actually counterproductive and promoting black market. The ministry ... read more