10 March 2015, Taipei Times Negotiations with Myanmar on introducing Burmese nationals as agricultural and industrial workers could be finalized within two months, the Ministry of Labor said yesterday. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are also seen as potential n... read more
17 February 2015, The Cambodia Daily The South Korean government will double the number of Cambodian migrant workers who are granted permits to take up employment in the country’s manufacturing, construction and agriculture sectors each year, officials ... read more
11 December 2014, MarketWired TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Dec. 11, 2014) – The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has issued a statement regarding a recruitment program run by the federal government, in the wake of data pointing ... read more
6 October 2014, Focus Taiwan News Channel Taipei, Oct. 6 (CNA) Agriculture chief Chen Bao-ji said Monday that importing farm workers is “inevitable” and that his Council of Agriculture will draft a national policy for that purpose “as so... read more
27 July 2014, Jamaica Observer The maximum recruitment age limit for the Overseas Farm Workers Programme has been adjusted from 40 to 45 years. Making the announcement on Friday, Labour and Social Security Minister Derrick Kellier said the adjustment is ... read more
Institute for Human Rights & Business, September 2013 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Human trafficking and forced labour are huge problems on a global scale. An estimated 20.9 million men, women and children worldwide are in forced labour at any one time with 90% ... read more
International Labour Recruitment Working Group, February 2013 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Each year, hundreds of thousands of people from around the world are recruited to work in the United States on temporary work visas. Internationally recruited workers are empl... read more
Fay Faraday, Metcalfe Foundation, September 2012 In the past decade, Canada’s labour market has undergone a significant shift to rely increasingly on migrant workers who come to Canada from around the globe on time-limited work permits to provide labour... read more