News articles from around the world on migrant labour recruitment.
23 June 2014, The Lawyer With the government’s focus on ‘Canadians First’ for Canadian jobs, the requirements to hire temporary foreign workers were revamped to make the hiring of foreign workers, and in particular low-skilled/low-wage foreign worke... read more
17 November 2011, Sun Star LOCAL and overseas recruitment industries yesterday expressed support for the immediate ratification of the Internal Labor Organization’s (ILO) convention on decent work for domestic workers or C 189. They added they are “on... read more
25 June 2014, GMA News A recruitment agency suspended by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration got into deeper trouble after its president admitted his company had an unlicensed firm doing actual recruitment.POEA administrator Hans Leo Cacdac ... read more
24 June 2014, The New Civil Engineer Consultants are competing to fill roles amid a growing shortage of geotechnical engineers, finds Jon Masters. Demand for experienced geotechnical engineers has remained strong in recent years, buoyed by work overseas, ... read more
25 June 2014, Arab News The Labor Ministry will approach the Foreign Affairs Ministry to sort out obstacles in recruiting Filipino domestic workers including contractual difficulties faced by Saudi recruiters in the Philippines. Labor Ministries of the tw... read more
14 June 2014, Las Vegas Review-Journal AMBON, Indonesia — He was too sick to eat, and Min Min Chan’s chest ached with each breath he sucked. It didn’t matter: The Thai captain warned him to get back on deck and start hauling fish onto the trawler or... read more
16 June 2014, GMA News Online In what could be a boon for overseas Filipino workers, the Philippines has thrown its support behind the International Labor Organization’s adoption of a protocol and recommendation against forced labor.In a news relea... read more
16 June 2014, Pacific Standard When migrant laborers at New York University’s Abu Dhabi campus raised their voices, striking over pay and working conditions, they were treated to arrests, beaten, or in some cases deported—flung back home in despair an... read more
16 June 2014, The Irrawaddy CHIANG MAI — A heavy crackdown on undocumented migrants in Thailand has so far mostly targeted Cambodian workers, although there have been frequent reports of arrests of Burmese workers, according to organizations working wit... read more
16 June 2014, Al Jazeera Two months ago, a 23-year-old domestic worker from a little-known Indonesian city was named as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. Erwiana Sulistyaningsih was recognised alongside presidents and ... read more