23 February 2015, Hotelier Midddle East.com A recruitment agency in the Philippines which illegally deployed workers under the name of Al Jahora Al Raqia Hotel in Saudi Arabia has been punished by authorities. Raysa International Smart Employment Services... read more
23 February 2015, Gulf News Manama: Saudi Arabia’s Labour Ministry has, in an unprecedented decision, approved South American country Chile as a new source for domestic workers in the kingdom. Chile joins 14 countries on the list that includes seven cou... read more
22 February 2015, Middle East Business Intelligence Speak to any employer operating within the GCC’s construction sector and they will have a story about the various challenges their business has faced trying to recruit and manage a project’s workforc... read more
22 February 2015, Times of Oman Muscat: As governments commit to new labour contracts designed to safeguard their citizens overseas, the debate over fair pay and conditions for expatriate maids in Oman has reopened. Some employers in Sultanate have expres... read more
22 February 2015, Dhaka Tribune The European Union (EU) will take steps to recruit more skilled manpower from Bangladesh. The assurances came at the meeting between EU Ambassador to Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon and Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment... read more
20 February 2015, The Daily Star Thailand may sign a deal with Bangladesh for recruitment of workers for fishing, construction and manufacturing sectors to contribute to the economies of the two countries. “We have highlighted the government to governme... read more
19 February 2015, Aljazeera America Qatar announced Thursday that it was introducing labor law reforms to aimed at ensuring that thousands of migrant workers building venues for the 2022 World Cup are paid on time. The news comes months after the U.N. ur... read more
18 February 2015, Open Democracy There has been lots of talk about multinational corporations’ responsibility for fuelling forced labour. But what about the labour market intermediaries who recruit and supply vulnerable workers to these firms? In many... read more
18 February 2015, Bloomberg View Human rights observers applauded last week when Apple announced its most ambitious effort yet to stamp out labor abuses among its Asian suppliers. Recruitment agencies in Asia are no longer allowed to charge fees to fact... read more
18 February 2015, The Phnom Penh Post Responding to parliament’s order to investigate allegations against a recruitment agency with a record of mistreating its workers, the Ministry of Labour dispatched a team today to meet with a group of defrauded lab... read more