By: Sandeep Singh Grewal Bahrain News | 19 Sep 2017 A NEW contract for domestic workers will be enforced from October 1, it was announced. Under the revised rules, employers seeking to hire a housemaid will have to compulsorily declare, among other things, the nature of the job, working hours and weekly day off. Labour […]
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Establishing a Standard Terms of Employment (STOE) for women migrant domestic workers is crucial as they are excluded from national labour laws of most countries, both countries of origin and destination. They are doubly vulnerable through their status as migrants and as woman. Furthermore, domestic work takes place in informal, private settings and thus it
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By Pete Pattisson The Guardian, Monday 21 November 2016 Samsung and Panasonic, two of the world’s leading electronics brands, are facing allegations that workers in their supply chains are being duped, exploited and underpaid in Malaysia. The two companies have launched investigations into allegations of abuse made by Nepalese workers after a Guardian investigation raised
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By C R Abrar 18 December 2016 / The Daily Star Banglades Today marks the international day for migrant workers. It is a day not only to celebrate the contribution of women and men who go to distant lands, away from their family and loved ones for long periods of time, it is also a
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Kate Hodal and Annie Kelly Monday 21 November 2016 05.00 GMT / The Guardian When it comes to electronics, what Malaysia makes matters. According to a 2014 study “virtually every device on the market today” – from tablets to laser printers to microwaves – is likely to have involved Malaysia in some way. Once a
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By Pete Pattisson Monday 21 November 2016 03.00 GMT It is eight o’clock in the industrial area of Port Klang, an hour’s drive west of Kuala Lumpur, and the entrance to the Samsung factory is heaving with workers. As hundreds of men and women pour out of the factory gates into the clammy air, hundreds
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14 May 2015, The Daily Star Two migrant workers returned from Brunei penniless early today after they were cheated by two Bangladeshi recruiting agencies with the promise of lucrative salaries abroad. Arriving at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on 12:30am on a Malaysian Airlines flight, they went straight to the expatriates’ welfare and overseas
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Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, 2014 Executive Summary This report reveals the reality of international labor recruitment for low-wage, temporary jobs in the United States, examining recruitment in Mexico, home to the largest number of temporary migrants who labor under H-2 visas in the U.S.1 The findings are based on data gathered by Centro
4 May 2015, Rappler Licensed recruiters have to ‘re-infuse capital and get ahead of the game,’ says POEA chief Hans Leo Cacdac MANILA, Philippines – To ensure transparent and ethical recruitment of Filipinos for overseas employment, the government urges recruitment agencies with valid licenses to utilize electronic systems. While the government is already employing an
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7 April 2015, Myanmar Times After a Russian trawler crewed in part by 42 Myanmar fishermen sank in a tragic disaster last week, the veil was lifted on a duplicitous recruitment scheme that has for years profited by illegally tricking labourers onto fishing boats, The Myanmar Times has learned. Two of the five Myanmar recruitment agencies responsible
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