Cost of hiring a foreign worker inflates in Malaysia
Sin Chew Daily / Eleven Myanmar | 3 February 2019 Malaysia [Sin Chew Daily] – Business owners urge the gove
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WEBINAR: Build Back Better: Advancing the Recruitment Reform Agenda Post COVID-19
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Call for an Urgent Justice Mechanism for Repatriated Migrant Workers
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Domestic Workers and Employers in the Arab States: Promising Practices and Innovative Models for a Productive Working Relationship
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2018 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration and Fair Recruitment
The 4th Global Media Competition on Labour Migration focuses on labour migration and the fair recruitment of migrant workers. The 2018 media competition will be contributing to the UN TOGETHER campaign (https://together.un.org/) which has the purpose of encouraging global action in promoting non-discrimination and addressing the problem of rising xenophobia against refugees and migrants.
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