21 September 2014, Arab News A total of 18 recruitment firms in the Kingdom will hire workers for contractors on a short-term basis to complete stalled projects, according to industry experts. These construction companies are, nevertheless, in need of enh
19 September 2014, FMT News PETALING JAYA: The widespread practice of forced labour in Malaysia has alarmed the International Labour Organization (ILO) whose Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) have said this practice must “be urgently addre
19 September 2014, Malaysiakini.com The International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP), is seriously concerned about the findings of the report by Verité, ‘Forced Labour in the Production of Electronic Goods
19 September 2014, FarmingShow.com (New Zealand) Filipino migrant workers are bearing the brunt of hefty recruitment costs, taking the weight off Canterbury employers to pay their fair share. Newstalk ZB understands some workers from the Philippines are b
17 September 2014, New York Times Nearly one in three migrant workers in Malaysia’s thriving electronics industry toils under forced labor conditions, essentially trapped in the job, a factory monitoring group found in a report issued on Wednesday. The
13 September, The Guardian The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has called on the United Nations to investigate evidence that thousands of migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates, including those building a new Louvre museum and the worl
9 September 2014, Albawaba.com Migrant worker recruitment agencies are making elaborate profits off the back of migrant domestic workers who continue to face extremely harsh labor and living conditions in Lebanon, a new report said. “The report found th
8 September 2014, The Daily Star Lebanon BEIRUT: Migrant worker recruitment agencies are making elaborate profits off the back of migrant domestic workers who continue to face extremely harsh labor and living conditions in Lebanon, a new report said. “T
9 September 2014, Tanzania Daily News THE government has unveiled its approved list of qualified labour recruitment agencies, which are permitted to work in the country. Speaking with reporters in Dar es Salaam, on Monday, the Communications Officer in th
6 September 2014, Arab News The Ministry of Labor has imposed a ban on the recruitment of labor from Ebola-affected countries of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Deputy Labor Minister Moufarrej Al-Haqbani said the decision was taken as a preventive measu